Heckel’s Orontes barbel

Heckel’s Orontes barbel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Barbinae
Genus:Luciobarbus
Species: L. pectoralis
Binomial name
Luciobarbus pectoralis
(Heckel, 1843)
Synonyms

Barbus pectoralis Heckel, 1843

Heckel’s Orontes barbel or Levantine barbel (Luciobarbus pectoralis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus from the Orontes River basin (including Asi Nehri) in the Near East.

References

  1. Huckstorf, V. (2013). "Luciobarbus pectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2017.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 March 2017.


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