Aral barbel
The Aral barbel (Luciobarbus brachycephalus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus. It is found in the Aral basin, Chu drainage and southern and western Caspian Sea. For spawning, it migrates up to larger tributaries of the western and southern coasts.
| Aral barbel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Luciobarbus |
| Species: | L. brachycephalus |
| Binomial name | |
| Luciobarbus brachycephalus Kessler, 1872 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Barbus brachycephalus | |
References
- Huckstorf, V. (2013). "Luciobarbus brachycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Luciobarbus brachycephalus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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