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Published: 2010-11-23
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Type locality and identity of Acrossocheilus kreyenbergii (Regan, 1908), a senior synonym of Acrossocheilus cinctus (Lin, 1931) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, China Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hangzhou, 310014, China
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, China
Fish Gymnostoma kreyenbergii taxonomy type locality synonymy

Abstract

Although Acrossocheilus kreyenbergii has been treated as a valid species since its original description, the type locality and identity of this species have hitherto remained uncertain. It is shown in this study that its precise location of ‘Tinghsiang’ or ‘Pinghsiang,’ the type locality of Gymnostoma kreyenbergii Regan, is the present Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province, in the Gan Jiang, a tributary flowing to the Boyang Lake system, or in the Yangtze River drainage. Observation of the type specimens of this species and further comparison with those of other barred congeners reveal that G. kreyenbergii is in fact a senior synonym of Barbus cinctus Lin.

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