Barbus cyri, the Kura barbel, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East region.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Barbus |
| Species: | B. cyri
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| Binomial name | |
| Barbus cyri De Filippi, 1865[1]
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The specific epithet cyri is from the Latin Cyrus for the Kura River in Georgia, which is the type locality.[3]
After synonymisation with the Gokcha barbel, it follows that this species is also found in Lake Sevan.
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Barbus cyri". FishBase. January 2024 version.
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2019). "Barbus cyri De Filippi, 1865". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily BARBINAE Bleeker 1859 (Barbels)". The ETYFish Project. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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