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Menderes barbel
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Luciobarbus
Species:	L. kottelati
Binomial name
Luciobarbus kottelati Turan, Ekmekçi, İlhan & Engin, 2008

The Menderes barbel (Luciobarbus kottelati) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus from the Büyük Menderes River basin in Turkey.

The fish is named in honor of Swiss ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat (b. 1957), because of his contributions to the knowledge of European and Asian fishes.

References

1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Luciobarbus kottelati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19378668A19849390. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19378668A19849390.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamilies ACROSSOCHEILINAE, BARBINAE, SPINIBARBINAE, SCHIZOTHORACINAE, SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE and Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 December 2021.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Luciobarbus kottelati". FishBase.

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• Taxa named by Fitnat Güler Ekmekçi
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