Caspian barbel

"Zardak" redirects here. For the villages in Iran, see Zardak, Iran.
Caspian barbel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Luciobarbus
Species: L. caspius
Binomial name
Luciobarbus caspius
(L. S. Berg, 1914)

The Caspian barbel (Luciobarbus caspius) is a species of Cyprinid fish native to the Kura-Aras watershed in the wider Near East. In Persian, it is called zardak (زردک).

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