Labeobarbus rhinoceros (Copley, 1958)

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Barbus mariae : Holly, 1929 : 34 (junior synonym)Einige neue afrikanische Fischformen. | Parenzan, 1936 b : 25 (junior synonym)Appunti di Ittiologia Africana (con note sul lago Tana). | Copley, 1958 : 78, fig. 39 (junior synonym)Common freshwater fishes of East Africa. | Banister, 1973 : 83, fig. 68-69 (junior synonym)A revision of the large Barbus (Pisces, Cyprinidae) of East and Central Africa. | Fowler, 1976 b : 341 (junior synonym)A catalog of World fishes (25). | Lévêque & Daget, 1984 : 266-267 (junior synonym)29. Cyprinidae. | Skelton, 1994 : 125 (junior synonym)Diversity and distribution of freshwater fishes in East and Southern Africa. | Okeyo, 1998 : 47 (junior synonym)Updating names, distribution and ecology of riverine fish of Kenya in the Athi-Galana-Sabaki River drainage system. | Seegers et al., 2003 : 32 (junior synonym)Annotated checklist of the freshwater fishes of Kenya (excluding the lacustrine haplochromines from Lake Victoria)..
Barbus rhinoceros : Copley, 1958 : 191 (senior synonym)Common freshwater fishes of East Africa. | Banister, 1973 : 83 (senior synonym)A revision of the large Barbus (Pisces, Cyprinidae) of East and Central Africa. | Fowler, 1976 b : 354 (senior synonym)A catalog of World fishes (25). | Lévêque & Daget, 1984 : 266-267 (synonym of Barbus mariae) (senior synonym)29. Cyprinidae..
Labeobarbus rhinoceros : Vreven et al., 2016 : 254, 261, 293, 294, 298, 304The African hexaploid Torini (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): review of a tumultuous history..
Labeobarbus mariae : Vreven et al., 2016 : 293 [preoccupied by Varicorhinus mariae Holly 1926 when both species are in Labeobarbus, replaced by Labeobarbus rhinoceros (Copley 1938)] (junior synonym)The African hexaploid Torini (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae): review of a tumultuous history..

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DISTRIBUTION: Lien Faunafri
Common names : Parmicka athinska (Czech), Rhino-fish / Rhinofish (English), Athi pardkala (Estonian), Domo (Kamba: Kenya), Kambale / Kasinja / Koovo / Matonzi (Kenya) .
Current distribution known : known from the Athi and Tana River systems (upper courses), Kenya .
Habitat / home range : found all over the river but prefers to congregate, especially the big ones, in large pools below waterfalls or rapids .
Migration / movement : there is a very distinct up-river spawning migration as soon as the first floods come down river. They move downstream after spawning, in about July .
Size : 342 mm, weight up to 3.200 g .
Types :
- Barbus mariae Holly, 1929: 34. Type locality: "Kituifluss", Athi River system. Syntypes (2) NMW (the larger specimen selected as lectotype by Banister, 1973).
- Barbus rhinoceros Copley, 1958: 191. Type locality: "Athi River". No information on the type.
Use and trade : native fisherman set their basket traps in the fish weirs to catch them during the migration .
Zoological_nomenclature / taxonomic information : Vreven et al. 2016 .