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Marmara barbel
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Barbus
Species: B. oligolepis
Binomial name
Barbus oligolepis
Battalgil, 1941

The Marmara barbel (Barbus oligolepis) is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Turkey where it is only known from fast flowing waters with substrates of stones or pebbles. This species can reach a length of 35 centimetres (14 in) SL.

Taxonomic issue

Oliotius oligolepis (Bleeker, 1853), a species of barb from Southeast Asia has at times been placed in the genus Barbus which would render the current species invalid as a junior homonym. However, since Bleeker's oligolepis species, originally in Capoeta, is currently placed in the genus Oliotius and before that in Puntius, Battalgil's oligolepis species is available and valid.

References

  1. J. Freyhof (2014). "Barbus oligolepis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. e.T19021533A19222828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19021533A19222828.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Barbus oligolepis". FishBase. October 2013 version.
  3. Barbus tauricus oligolepis Archived 2013-12-02 at the Wayback Machine, Catalog of Fishes, California Academy of Sciences
Taxon identifiers
Barbus oligolepis


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