Varicorhinus

Genus of fishes

Varicorhinus is an invalid genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. It was established by Eduard Rüppell in 1835 with V. beso as the type species. The prime distinguishing feature was designated as the shape of the mouth, and other species with a similar shape were soon added. However, this diagnostic did not prove to be monophyletic.[1] Today this fish is placed in the genus Labeobarbus, of which Varicorhinus is a synonym.

The members of this polyphyletic assemblage mainly belong to the group which is known as the subfamily Labeoninae to some authors and the tribe Labeonini of subfamily Cyprininae by others.

The taxa formerly placed in Varicorhinus are:[2]

References

  1. ^ R. A. Jubb (30 December 1968). "The Barbus and Varicorhinus species of the Transvaal". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 26 (4). doi:10.10520/AJA00411752_287.
  2. ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Varicorhinus species. FishBase. 2024.