Luciobarbus
| Luciobarbus | |
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| Luciobarbus bocagei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Luciobarbus Heckel, 1843 |
Luciobarbus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are found in fresh and brackish waters of southern Europe, northern Africa, the wider Near East, the Aral and Caspian Seas, and rivers associated with these. Several species in the genus are threatened. Most species are fairly small to medium-sized cyprinids, but the genus also includes several members that can surpass 1 m (3.3 ft) in length and the largest, the Luciobarbus esocinus can reach 2.3 m (7.5 ft).[1]
Systematics
The type species is Luciobarbus esocinus, for which the genus was established by Heckel in 1843. The type species scientific name essentially means "pike-like pike-barbel" (after the northern pike, Esox lucius), though a more aliteral translation would be "pike-like wolf-barbel".
Like many other cyprinids, the present genus was long included in Barbus. It appears to be a very close relative of the typical barbels – which include that genus type species, Barbus barbus –, and may well warrant inclusion in Barbus. Many modern authors prefer to consider it a subgenus instead. It is, moreover, not entirely clear what species to place in Luciobarbus if it is deemed valid. The IUCN argues for a rather inclusive circumscription. Nonwithstanding the taxonomy and systematics of this ill-defined assemblage, their closest living relative is probably Aulopyge huegelii.
Species
There are currently 27 recognized species in this genus:
- Luciobarbus bocagei (Steindachner, 1864)
- Luciobarbus brachycephalus (Kessler, 1872) (Aral barbel)
- Luciobarbus capito (Güldenstädt, 1773) (Bulatmai barbel)
- Luciobarbus caspius (L. S. Berg, 1914) (Caspian barbel)
- Luciobarbus comizo (Steindachner, 1864) (Iberian barbel)
- Luciobarbus escherichii (Steindachner, 1897)
- Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843 (Mangar)
- Luciobarbus graecus Steindachner, 1896
- Luciobarbus graellsii (Steindachner, 1866) (Ebro barbel)
- Luciobarbus guiraonis (Steindachner, 1866)
- Luciobarbus kersin (Heckel, 1843)
- Luciobarbus kosswigi (M. S. Karaman (sr), 1971)
- Luciobarbus kottelati Turan, Ekmekçi, İlhan & Engin, 2008
- Luciobarbus ksibi (Boulenger, 1905) (Algerian barbel) [2]
- Luciobarbus lepineyi (Pellergrin, 1939) [2]
- Luciobarbus lydianus (Boulenger, 1896)
- Luciobarbus maghrebensis Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2015 (Maghreb barbel) [2]
- Luciobarbus microcephalus (Almaça (pt), 1967)
- Luciobarbus mursa (Güldenstädt, 1773) (Mursa)
- Luciobarbus mystaceus (Pallas, 1814)
- Luciobarbus pectoralis (Heckel, 1843)
- Luciobarbus rabatensis Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2015 (Rabat barbel) [2]
- Luciobarbus rifensis Doadrio, Casal-Lopez & Yahyaoui, 2015 (Rifian barbel) [2]
- Luciobarbus sclateri (Günther, 1868) (Andalusian barbel)
- Luciobarbus steindachneri (Almaça (pt), 1967)
- Luciobarbus subquincunciatus (Günther, 1868) (Mesopotamian barbel)
- Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel, 1843
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2015). Species of Luciobarbus in FishBase. August 2015 version.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Casal-Lopez, M., Perea, S., Yahyaoui, A. & Doadrio, I. (2015): Taxonomic review of the genus Luciobarbus Heckel, 1843 (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from Northwestern Morocco with the description of three new species. Graellsia, 71 (2): e027.