Luciobarbus

Luciobarbus
Luciobarbus bocagei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Luciobarbus
Heckel, 1843
Type species
Luciobarbus esocinus
Heckel, 1843
Species

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Synonyms

Luciobarbus is a genus of freshwater cyprinids. They live in Europe, North Africa, and the Caspian Sea. Before, they also used to be found in the Aral Sea, but it is now dried up.

Taxonomy

Luciobarbus is classified in the subfamily Barbinae. It was once part of the more well-known genus Barbus.[source?]

Species

Extant species

The genus contains 40 extant species:

Extinct species

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Barbinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Species in genus Luciobarbus, FishBase".
  3. ↑ "Luciobarbus, biolib.cz".

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