Barbus balcanicus
| Barbus balcanicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbus |
| Species: | B. balcanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Barbus balcanicus Kotlík, Tsigenopoulos, Ráb & Berrebi, 2002 | |
Barbus balcanicus, the Danube barbel (or large-spot barbel), is a species of freshwater fish widespread in southeastern Europe. It is defined by molecular characters, and difficult to diagnose from e.g. Barbus carpathicus and Barbus petenyi in the field.
Footnotes
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Barbus balcanicus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Freyhof J, Kottelat M (2008) Barbus balcanicus IUCN Red List v. 3.1
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