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.
Synonyms Messinobarbus albanicus, synonym of Luciobarbus albanicus Messinobarbus bocagei, synonym of Luciobarbus bocagei Messinobarbus carottae, synonym of Barbus carottae Messinobarbus comizo, synonym of Luciobarbus comizo Messinobarbus graellsii, synonym of Luciobarbus graellsii Messinobarbus guiraonis, synonym of Luciobarbus guiraonis Messinobarbus haasi, synonym of Barbus haasi Messinobarbus microcephalus, synonym of Luciobarbus microcephalus Messinobarbus sclateri, synonym of Luciobarbus sclateri
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