''Barbus strumicae'' is a disputed species of European

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ver ...

freshwater fish. It is found in Greece, Macedonia, and

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, in drainages of the

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basin. But it is often included in '' B. cyclolepis''.

References

* S Freshwater fish of Europe Fish described in 1955 Taxa named by Stanko Karaman {{Barbus-stub