Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57570-0_35 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15112099 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A78795-FFB2-DC00-FF01-2487FCD72FAF |
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Diego |
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Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843 |
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Barbus lacerta Heckel, 1843 View in CoL
Distribution in the area. Endemic. Very widespread and usually abundant in headwaters of the Lake Van basin, the Euphrates, and Tigris except of the Karun. Extirpated from the Qweik drainage.
Taxonomic notes. Barbus kosswigi described from the upper Greater Zab drainage in Turkey and B. ercisianus from the Lake Van basin, both in Eastern Anatolia, are synonyms. Khaefi et al. (2017) reviewed the barbels of the B. lacerta species group and recognized four species ( B. lacerta , B. cyri , B. miliaris , B. karunensis ) two of them occur in the area discussed here. Barbus lacerta cannot be distinguished from B. cyri from the Caspian Sea basin and B. karunensis from the Karun drainage by morphological characters. All species of the B. lacerta group are well distinguished by molecular characters and are accepted as valid species.
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