Varicorhinus


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. In 2010, a synonymity of Varicorhinus and Labeobarbus was proposed based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. The synonymity was accepted by other researchers. The group of former Varicorhinus species inside Labeobarbus are called chiselmouths, while the remainder of Labeobarbus species are called rubberlips.
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.
The taxa formerly placed in Varicorhinus are:Varicorhinus acanthopterus is now Scaphiodonichthys acanthopterusVaricorhinus alticorpus is now Onychostoma alticorpusVaricorhinus altipinnis Banister & Poll, 1973 is now Labeobarbus altipinnisVaricorhinus angorae Hankó, 1925 is now Capoeta damascinaVaricorhinus angustistomatus Fang, 1940 is now Onychostoma angustistomatum Varicorhinus ansorgii Boulenger, 1906 is now Labeobarbus ansorgii Varicorhinus antalyensis Battalgil, 1943 is now Capoeta antalyensisVaricorhinus atlanticus is now Carasobarbus fritschiiVaricorhinus axelrodi Getahun, Stiassny & Teugels, 2004 is now Labeobarbus axelrodi Varicorhinus babaulti Pellegrin, 1932 is now Labeobarbus pellegrini Varicorhinus babeensis Nguyen & Nguyen, 2001 is now Onychostoma gerlachi Varicorhinus barbatulus is now Onychostoma barbatulumVaricorhinus barbatus is now Onychostoma barbatum Varicorhinus bergi Derjavin, 1929 is now Capoeta aculeataVaricorhinus beso Rüppell, 1835 is now Labeobarbus besoVaricorhinus bingeri is now Labeobarbus intermediusVaricorhinus bobree Sykes, 1839 is now Labeo fimbriatusVaricorhinus brauni Pellegrin, 1935 is now Labeobarbus brauniVaricorhinus bredoi Poll, 1948 is now Labeobarbus trachypterusVaricorhinus brevis Lin, 1931 is now Decorus decorus Varicorhinus brucii Boulenger, 1907 is now Labeobarbus marequensisVaricorhinus capoeta is now Capoeta capoeta