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Labeo macmahoni

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Labeo macmahoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Labeo
Species:
L. macmahoni
Binomial name
Labeo macmahoni
Zugmayer, 1912
Synonyms
  • Tariqilabeo macmahoni (Zugmayer, 1912)

Labeo macmahoni is fish in genus Labeo from the drainage of the River Dasht in Pakistan.[1] This species reaches a length of 25 cm (9.8 in). [2]

Etymology

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The fishes namesake is not identified; but probably is in honor of the British diplomat and Indian Army officer Arthur Henry McMahon (1862-1949), who was responsible in asking Zugmayer to establish a collection of marine fishes for a national museum in Quetta, Pakistan [3]

References

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  1. ^ Ciccotto, P.J. & Page, L.M. (2016): Revised diagnosis of the genus Gonorhynchus McClelland (Teleostei: Cyprinidae: Labeonini) with redescription of G. latius (Hamilton) and revalidation of G. wattanah (Sykes). Zootaxa, 4127 (3): 471–492.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tariqilabeo macmahoni". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (7 September 2023). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  • Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. vol 1. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. 541 p.