Mangar (fish)

Mangar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Luciobarbus
Species: L. esocinus
Binomial name
Luciobarbus esocinus
Heckel, 1843
Synonyms
  • Barbus esocinus (Heckel, 1843)[1]

Mangar (Luciobarbus esocinus) is a large species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus. It reaches up to 2.3 m (7.5 ft) in length and is native to the Tigris-Euphrates River System.[2][3]

Footnotes

  1. Synonyms of Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel, 1843
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Luciobarbus esocinus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
  3. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Luciobarbus esocinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature.


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