Arabibarbus

Arabibarbus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Arabibarbus ^[1] Borkenhagen, 2014

Arabibarbus is a genus of Cyprinidae. They are large freshwater carps found in the Arabian Peninsula, Mesopotamia and Iran.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species of this genus:

Arabibarbus arabicus Trewavas, 1941
Arabibarbus hadhrami Borkenhagen, 2014 ^[1]
Arabibarbus grypus Heckel, 1843 (Shirbot)

References

1 2 Borkenhagen, K. (2014): A new genus and species of cyprinid fish (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, and its phylogenetic and zoogeographic affinities. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 97: 1179–1195.

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