The Biharian barbel (Barbus biharicus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus. It is found in the Sebes-Körös River in Hungary and Romania.[1]
| Biharian barbel | |
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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. biharicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Barbus biharicus Antal, László & Kotlík, 2016
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A recent study,[2] in 2016, discovered a new species of barbels, named as the Barbus biharicus, in the Danube river basin. It was also found that the rheophilic B. biharicus is different from the other three species found in that area B. balcanicus, B. carpathicus and B. petenyi as it has deeper head than B. carpathicus and B. petenyi. Additionally, it also has larger interorbital and prenatal distance than all other species. Morphological structures of B. biharicus were observed be different from other species as well. B. biharicus have round and short snout, shorter anal fins, however, longer pectoral fins than the other species. Small dark spots are also generally present on the dorsal region of the fish body.
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Barbus biharicus". FishBase. February 2016 version.
- ^ Antal, László; László, Brigitta; Kotlík, Petr; Mozsár, Attila; Czeglédi, István; Oldal, Miklós; Kemenesi, Gábor; Jakab, Ferenc; Nagy, Sándor (March 2016). "Phylogenetic evidence for a new species of Barbus in the Danube River basin". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 96: 187–194. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.11.023. hdl:2437/221249. PMID 26702958.
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