Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages Author Kaya, Cueneyt https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4531-798X Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey cnytkaya@yahoo.com Author Baycelebi, Esra Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey Author Turan, Davut Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey text Zoosystematics and Evolution 2020 2020-06-15 96 2 325 344 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.52241 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.52241 1860-0743-2-325 531B8DC0565A497BB390B6F9A7444082 9E52AC7E102B5DE894E720AA25F9B010 Barbus cyri De Filippi, 1865 Fig. 2a Common / local names. Kura barbel / Kura biyikli baligi . IUCN status. Not evaluated (NE). Examined material. FFR 194, Stream Karaman at Asikzuelal , Kura drainage, 41.4413N , 42.6591E . - FFR 219, Kura River at Yalnizcam , 41.0709N , 42.4844E . - FFR 234, Stream Cakir , 3 km south of Cakildere , Kura drainage, 40.9669N , 42.5861E . - FFR 166, Stream Oelcek at Oelcek , Kura drainage, 41.1340N , 42.8560E . - FFR 217, Lake Cildir , Aras drainage, 41.0449N , 43.2804E . - FFR 8817, Stream Fehmiharabesi at Akcalar , Aras drainage, 40.7723N , 43.2959E . Not preserved, Stream Kars at campus of Kafkas University, Aras drainage, 40.5814N , 43.0591E . - FFR 188, Stream Maksutcuk west of Dikme , Aras drainage, 40.5160N , 42.9510E . - FFR 195, Stream Kekec at Selim , Aras drainage, 40.4715N , 42.8005E . - FFR 216, Stream Boyali at Boyali , Aras drainage, 40.4478N , 42.5833E . - FFR 165, Stream Keklik 6 km southeast of Sarikamis , Aras drainage, 40.2955N , 42.6565E . - FFR 220, Stream Digor at Digor , Aras drainage, 40.3731N , 43.4271E . - FFR 215, Stream Gaziler , 2 km west of Donandi , Aras drainage, 40.1097N , 43.4349E . Not preserved, Lake Balik at Tanyolu , Aras drainage, 39.7451N , 43.5385E . - FFR 8804, Stream Aktarla at Aktarla , a southern drainage of Lake Balik , 39.7373N , 43.5815E . - FFR 221, Stream Sarisu West of Dogubeyazit , Aras drainage, 39.5409N , 44.0044E . - FFR 233, B-20 canal at Aralik , Aras drainage, 39.8936N , 44.5256E . Distribution in the area. Widespread in tributaries of Kura and Aras rivers. Figure 2. Native Cyprinid species collected in the area, a , Barbus cyri from Kura River at Yalnizcam ; b , Capoeta capoeta from stream Kars, Aras; c , Capoeta kaput from B-20 canal, Aras; d , Luciobarbus capito from stream Gaziler, Aras; e , Luciobarbus mursa from stream Gaziler, Aras.