134. Luciobarbus barbulus Heckel, 1847

Common name. Persis barbel

Taxonomy. Original description: Barbus barbulus Heckel, 1847: 256 [Kara Agatsch River (Qarah Aqaj River) near Geré (Jereh), Iran, 29°15'N, 51°58'E; Qweik River at Aleppo, Syria; syntypes: NMW 6596 (1)] .

Revisions. Khaefi et al. (2017b); Valiallahi (2020: 59).

Illustrations. Khaefi et al. (2017b:837, 840, figs. 2, 3); Valiallahi (2020: 60, figs. 1–2); Esmaeili (2021:306, fig. 17.7a).

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Persis, Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Sas mahi-e lab pahn.—Listed in previous checklists from Israel by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iranian materials: ZM-CBSU.