Luciobarbus

Luciobarbus
Luciobarbus bocagei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Luciobarbus
Heckel, 1843
Type species
Luciobarbus esocinus
Species

see text

Synonyms

Bertinius Fang, 1943[1]
Messinobarbus Bianco, 1998[2]

Luciobarbus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are found in fresh and brackish waters of southern Europe, northern Africa, the wider Near East, the Aral and Caspian Seas, and rivers associated with these. Several species in the genus are threatened. Most species are fairly small to medium-sized cyprinids, but the genus also includes several members that can surpass 1 m (3.3 ft) in length and the largest, the mangar (L. esocinus) can reach 2.3 m (7.5 ft).[3]

  1. ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2014). "Luciobarbus Heckel, 1843". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ^ BRUSLÉ Jacques; QUIGNARD Jean-Pierre (2013). "Chapitre 21 Les Barbeaux". Biologie des poissons d'eau douce européens (in French) (2e ed.). Lavoisier. p. 296. ISBN 9782743064969.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Luciobarbus". FishBase. August 2015 version.