| Caspian 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: | Luciobarbus |
| Species: | L. caspius |
| Binomial name | |
| Luciobarbus caspius (L. S. Berg, 1914) | |
The Caspian barbel (Luciobarbus caspius) is a species of Cyprinid fish native to the Kura-Aras watershed in the wider Near East. In Persian, it is called zardak (زردک).
Sources
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Luciobarbus caspius". FishBase. August 2011 version.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Luciobarbus caspius | |
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