Marmara barbel

Marmara barbel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Barbinae
Genus:Barbus
Species: B. oligolepis
Binomial name
Barbus oligolepis
Battalgil, 1941

The Marmara barbel (Barbus oligolepis) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Turkey where it is only known from fast flowing waters with substrates of stones or pebbles. This species can reach a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) SL.[2]

Taxonomic issue

Oliotius oligolepis (Bleeker, 1853), a species of barb from Southeast Asia has at times been placed in the genus Barbus which would render the current species invalid as a junior homonym. However, since Bleeker's oligolepis species, originally in Capoeta, is currently placed in the genus Oliotius and before that in Puntius, Battalgil's oligolepis species is available and valid.[3]

References

  1. ↑ J. Freyhof (2014). "Barbus oligolepis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. e.T19021533A19222828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19021533A19222828.en.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Barbus oligolepis" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
  3. ↑ Barbus tauricus oligolepis Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine., Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences


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