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Barbus cyclolepis Heckel, 1837

Round-scaled barbell
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Turkey country information

Common names: Bıyıklı balık, Round-scaled barbell
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the European Mediterranean Sea watersheds and Aegean Sea watersheds (Ref. 58342). Also Ref. 106151. Found in few rivers in Thrace northwards to Istranca (Ref. 59043). Threatened due to habitat loss, eutrophication/pollution, construction of weirs/dams in rivers and water abstraction. Listed on Annexes II and V of the EU Habitats Directive (Ref. 58342). Also Ref. 556, 12255. Status of the threat: Data deficient (Ref. 58342). EurTurk.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Fricke, R., M. Bilecenoglu and H.M. Sari, 2007
National Database: CLOMFOT

Common names from other countries

Brzana kragloluska, Βιργιάνα, 圆鳞魮, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Barbinae
Etymology: Barbus: Latin, barbus = barbel (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Heckel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Subtropical; 47°N - 39°N

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