Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Cyprininae
Tribus: Torini
Genus: Labeobarbus
Species: Labeobarbus boulengeri

Name

Labeobarbus boulengeri Vreven et al., 2016

• Name beeing a replacement name for Varicorhinus latirostris Boulenger, 1910, which has become a Labeobarbus and had no synonyms.

• Lectotype: BMNH 1911.6.1.6: 136.6mm SL.
  • Lectotype designated by Vreven et al., 2016
• Paralectotypes: ANSP 37905 (1); BMNH 1911.6.1.7–10 (4); NMW 48865 (1); ZMB 18211 (1).

Type locality: Lucala River at Lucala, Angola.

Etymology: name given in acknowledgement of George Boulenger’s extensive work on Angolan large Barbus and Varicorhinus, both now Labeobarbus.

References

• Boulenger, G.A. 1910. On a large collection of fishes made by Dr. W. J. Ansorge in the Quanza and Bengo rivers, Angola. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 8) 6(36): 537–561.BHL Reference page. 
• Vreven, E.J.W.M.N., Musschoot, T., Snoeks, J. & Schliewen, U.K. 2016. The African hexaploid Torini (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): review of a tumultuous history. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12366 Reference page.