The Sevan barbel (''Barbus goktschaicus'') is a species of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...
in the genus ''
Barbus''. It occurs in
Lake Sevan and its tributaries. It is often referred to as Gokcha barbel in a literal translation of its scientific name.
References
goktschaicus
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Fish described in 1877
Taxa named by Karl Kessler
External links
{{Category Commons, Barbus goktschaicus