Barbus cyclolepis
| Barbus cyclolepis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbus |
| Species: | B. cyclolepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Barbus cyclolepis Heckel, 1837 | |
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Barbus cyclolepis is a freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
A broader concept of Barbus cyclolepis would include in the same species several other barbel taxa that others consider distinct species, i.e. Barbus sperchiensis (Sprechios barbel), Barbus strumicae (Strumica barbel) and Barbus waleckii (Vistula barbel). B. waleckii has however also been suggested to be a hybridogenic species, perhaps derived from common barbel B. barbus and B. carpathicus.
References
- Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Barbus cyclolepis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Barbus cyclolepis" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
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