Barbus cyri

Barbus cyri, the Kura barbel, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East region.

Barbus cyri
Barbus cyri at the top (a)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Barbus
Species:
B. cyri
Binomial name
Barbus cyri
De Filippi, 1865[1]
Synonyms[2]
    • Barbus angustatus Kamensky, 1899
    • Barbus armenicus Kamensky, 1899
    • Barbus bortschalinicus Kamensky, 1899
    • Barbus caucasicus Kessler, 1877
    • Barbus cyclolepis cyri De Filippi, 1865
    • Barbus cyri var. chaldanica Kamensky, 1899
    • Barbus goktschaicus Kessler, 1877
    • Barbus lacerta cyri De Filippi, 1865
    • Barbus sursunicus Kamensky, 1899

The specific epithet cyri is from the Latin Cyrus for the Kura River in Georgia, which is the type locality.[3]

After synonymisation with the Gokcha barbel, it follows that this species is also found in Lake Sevan.

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2024). "Barbus cyri" in FishBase. January 2024 version.
  2. Bailly, Nicolas (2019). "Barbus cyri De Filippi, 1865". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  3. "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily BARBINAE Bleeker 1859 (Barbels)". The ETYFish Project. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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