Ebro barbel
| Luciobarbus graellsii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Luciobarbus |
| Species: | L. graellsii |
| Binomial name | |
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Luciobarbus graellsii (Steindachner, 1866) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Barbus bocagei graellsii Steindachner, 1866 (but see text) Barbus graellsi (lapsus) |
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Barbus bocagei graellsii Steindachner, 1866 (but see text) Barbus graellsi (lapsus)
Barbus graellsii Steindachner, 1866 (but see text)
Barbus graelsi (lapsus)
Luciobarbus graellsi (lapsus)
Luciobarbus graelsi (lapsus)
Messinobarbus graellsi (lapsus)
Messinobarbus graellsii (Steindachner, 1866)
Messinobarbus graelsi (lapsus)
Luciobarbus graellsii is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is here placed in Luciobarbus following the IUCN, but that genus is very closely related to the other typical barbels and perhaps better considered a mere subgenus of Barbus. The Andalusian barbel was formerly included in L. bocagei as subspecies.
In addition, L. graellsii has – like its close relative the "Albanian barbel" (Luciobarbus albanicus) and the slightly more distantly related red-tailed barbel (Barbus haasi) – also been placed in Messinobarbus. But even if that genus is valid, it is probably incorrect to do so.
It was originally endemic to the northeast of Spain, occurring chiefly on the Mediterranean side in the Ebro's to Ter River' drainage basins, but also on the Atlantic side to the Asón drainage basin. Around 1998, it was introduced to some rivers of Tuscany (Italy) and is now well established in the Albegna, Fiora and Ombrone drainage basins.
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