The yellowfin barbel (''Luciobarbus xanthopterus'') is a species of

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 verte ...

fish

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the Tigris-Euphrates River System.

References

* Luciobarbus Fish of Asia Fish described in 1843 Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel {{Cyprininae-stub