The lizard barbel (''Barbus lacerta''), also known as Kura barbel, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the
Near East
The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...
region.
Kosswig's barbel
Kosswig's barbel (''Luciobarbus kosswigi'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Luciobarbus''. It is found in the Tigris watershed in Turkey.
, both FishBase and WoRMS consider this taxon to be invalid, as it has been synonymise ...
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''lacerta'' is Latin for lizard, but the allusion was not explained by Heckel.
Subspecies
The species is monotypic, with no subspecies accepted as valid. However, two former subspecies have been elevated to full species status:
*''B. l. cyri'' , accepted as ''
Barbus cyri
''Barbus cyri'', the Kura barbel, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East region.
The specific epithet ''cyri'' is from the Latin for the Kura River in Georgia, which is the type locality.
After synonymisation with the ...
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*''B. l. escherichii'' accepted as ''
Luciobarbus escherichii
The Ankara barbel or Sakarya barbel (''Luciobarbus escherichii'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to freshwater habitats in Turkey.
References
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Cyprinid fish of Asia
Fish of Turkey
Fish described in 1897
Taxobox binomials not ...