Messinobarbus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Messinobarbus Bianco, 1998 |
Type species | |
Barbus bocagei |
Messinobarbus is a doubtful genus of the subfamily Barbinae within Cyprinidae.
It was erected by Pier Giorgio Bianco, who also described M. carottae in the same paper in 1998.[1]