Lizard barbel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Barbus |
Species: | B. lacerta
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Binomial name | |
Barbus lacerta
Heckel, 1843
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The lizard barbel [1] (Barbus lacerta), also known as Kura barbel, [3] is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East region. Kosswig's barbel is now a synonym, which also places the species in the Tigris–Euphrates river system of the Middle east.
The specific epithet lacerta is Latin for lizard, but the allusion was not explained by Heckel. [4]
The species is monotypic, with no subspecies accepted as valid. However, two former subspecies have been elevated to full species status: [2]
Lizard barbel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Barbus |
Species: | B. lacerta
|
Binomial name | |
Barbus lacerta
Heckel, 1843
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The lizard barbel [1] (Barbus lacerta), also known as Kura barbel, [3] is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East region. Kosswig's barbel is now a synonym, which also places the species in the Tigris–Euphrates river system of the Middle east.
The specific epithet lacerta is Latin for lizard, but the allusion was not explained by Heckel. [4]
The species is monotypic, with no subspecies accepted as valid. However, two former subspecies have been elevated to full species status: [2]