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Varicorhinus

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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] In 2010, a synonymity of Varicorhinus and Labeobarbus was proposed[2] based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. The synonymity was accepted by other researchers.[3] The group of former Varicorhinus species inside Labeobarbus are called chiselmouths, while the remainder of Labeobarbus species are called rubberlips.[3]

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.[citation needed]

The taxa formerly placed in Varicorhinus are:[4]

References

  1. ^ R. A. Jubb (30 December 1968). "The Barbus and Varicorhinus species of the Transvaal". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 26 (4). hdl:10520/AJA00411752_287.
  2. ^ Tsigenopoulos, Kasapidis & Berrebi 2010.
  3. ^ a b Decru et al. 2022.
  4. ^ Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Varicorhinus species. FishBase. 2024.

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