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Luciobarbus barbulus

Description

Luciobarbus barbulus (Heckel, 1847)

Distribution in the area. Not endemic. Widespread in the Euphrates and Tigris drainages. It was also known from the Qweik River, where it is now extirpated.

Taxonomic notes. This species is often identified as L. pectoralis which is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea basin, where it is found in the Orontes, Ceyhan, Seyhan, and Göksu Rivers. There are no confirmed records of L. pectoralis from the Euphrates and Tigris drainages. Luciobarbus barbulus is identified as L. mystaceus in large parts of its range. Luciobarbus mystaceus has been described by Pallas (1814) from the Kura River in Georgia and this species is a synonym of L. capito. Authors such as Karaman (1971) and Almaça (1983, 1991) refer the species description of B. mystaceus to Heckel (1843), who only identified some barbels from Mesopotamia as B. mystaceus, but did not describe the species. Barbus rajanorum described from “Aleppo” is a hybrid of L. barbulus and Capoeta damascina.

Notes

Published as part of Freyhof, Jörg, Kaya, Cüneyt & Ali, Atheer, 2021, A Critical Checklist of the Inland Fishes Native to the Euphrates and Tigris Drainages, pp. 815-854 in Aquatic Ecology Series, Switzerland :Springer Nature on page 823, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-57570-0_35, http://zenodo.org/record/15112029

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Heckel
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Luciobarbus
Species
barbulus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Luciobarbus barbulus (Heckel, 1847) sec. Freyhof, Kaya & Ali, 2021

References

  • Pallas PS (1814) Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum. Tomus III; pp [1], 1-428, I-CXXV [¼ 1 - 125]. Petropoli
  • Karaman MS (1971) Susswasserfische der Turkei. 8. Teil. Revision der Barben Europas, Vorderasiens und Nordafrikas. Mitteilungen aus dem hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 67: 175-254
  • Almaca C (1983) Remarks on some Heckel' s species of Barbus from western Asia. Arquivos do Museu Bocage B 2 (12): 95-102
  • Almaca C (1991) Evolutionary, biogeographical, and taxonomical remarks on Mesopotamian species of Barbus s. s. Arquivos do Museu Bocage, Nova Serie 2 (4): 63-78
  • Heckel JJ (1843) Ichthyologie. In: Russegger J (ed) Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika, mit besonderer Rucksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhaltnisse der betreffenden Lander, unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841 von Joseph Russegger. Schweitzerbart' sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart