Luciobarbus barbulus (Heckel, 1847)

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Luciobarbus barbulus (Heckel, 1847) – Native ( Fig. 139)

Barbus barbulus Heckel [J. J.] 1847: 256; Type locality: Kara Agatsch River, Iran; Kueik River at Aleppo, Syria. Syntypes: NMW 6596 (1).

Common name: Pr: Berzom, Charsol, Sas mahi lab pahn, En: Persis barbel, Qarah Aqaj barbel.

Diagnosis: Two pairs of barbels, last unbranched dorsal fin spine serrated and very strong, usually 8 dorsal fin rays (never 10), fleshy and well-developed lips, and 47 or more lateral line scales.

Meristic characters: D: IV 8–9 (8), A: III 5, P: 17–19, V: 8–9 (8), GR: 15–24, LL: 47–59, TV: 44.

Distribution: Tigris and Persis basins ( Fig. 140). Found in Karun, Mond, Sirvan, Jarahi, Zohre, Rudbal, Fahlian, Dez, Qarah Aqaj, Shapor, Jarrahi, Zohre, Zemkan, Dalaki and Gamasiab rivers.

Taxonomy: Coad (1996) placed in Barbus but Esmaeili et al. (2010) transferred to Luciobarbus .

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. This species has a relatively large distribution range and there is no known widespread threat affecting it. Therefore, we classified it as Least Concern.