| Citation | Whitehead, P.J.P., 1960, Three new cyprinid fishes of the genus Barbus from the Lake Victoria basin.. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 62(1-2):106-119. |
| Ref. | Whitehead, P.J.P., 1960 |
| Page | 109;fig.2 |
| Named Used as Valid | Barbus cercops |
| Comment | original description of Barbus cercops |
| Locality | 'Luambwa, Nzoia river, Nyanza Province' |
| Distribution | rivers of Nyanza Province, Kenya; also Malawa River in Uganda |
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