Luciobarbus brachycephalus (Kessler, 1872)

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Luciobarbus brachycephalus (Kessler, 1872) –

Native ( Fig. 141 )

Barbus obtusirostris Yakovlev [V. E.] 1870: 102 [2]; Type locality: Volga River Delta, Russia. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown.

Barbus brachycephalus Kessler [K. F.] 1872: 52 [8]; Type locality: Syr-Darya River, central Asia. Syntypes: NMW 53971–73 (1, 2, 1); ZIN 5759 (1, not found in 2000), 5878 (1, not found in 1996 or 2000).

Barbus platyrostris Kessler [K. F.] 1874: 52; Type locality: Aksu River, tributary to Lake Balchasch , Turkistan. Holotype: ZIN 2167 .

Barbus brachycephalus caspius Berg [L. S.] 1914: 612; Type locality: Caspian Sea basin. Syntypes: ZIN 2982 (8), 3895 (10), 9108 (1, misidentified), 9109 (2), 9117–18 (11, 1), 9124 (8), 10619 (apparently lost).

Common name: Pr: Sas mahi-e sar kochak, Zarde par, Orenj, Pr: Aral barbel.

Diagnosis: Postdorsal length longer than predorsal length. dorsal fin usually with 7 branched rays, back between head and dorsal origin laterally compressed, forming a keel, lateral line usually 65–77 scales, upper lip thick, lower lip thin and without median lobe or pad.

Meristic characters: D: III–IV (IV) 6–8 (7), A: II– III (III) 5–6 (5), P: 14–17, V: 7–8 (8), GR: 16–25, LL: 65–72, TV: 46–49 (48).

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 142). Reported from all Caspian Sea coast some years ago, now rarely found in Sefidrud River, Anzali Wetland and Gilan coast.

Taxonomy: Bogutskaya and Naseka (2004) placed in Luciobarbus .

Conservation: IUCN: Vulnerable A2cd ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008v).

Figures

Fig. 141. Luciobarbus brachycephalus. Photograph from Caspian shore, Caspian basin (Photographed by Y. Keyvani).