Barbus xanthos, Guclu, Kalayci, Kucuk & Turan, 2020

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 109

Barbus xanthos

Common name. Menderes barbel.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Barbus in West Asia by: ○ 53−60 total lateral-line scales / ○ last unbranched dorsal ray weakly ossified / ○ 7–10 gill rakers / ○ 41−43 total vertebrae / ○ head length 22−27 % SL / ○ lower lip with a median lobe / ○ numerous irregular dark-brown blotches on back, flanks, and head / ○ last unbranched dorsal ray 33–50 % ossified / ○ posterior margin of dorsal straight or slightly concave / ○ anal longer in female than in male. Size up to 190 mm SL.

Distribution . Türkiye: Büyük Menderes south to Eşen (Aegean basin).

Habitat. A wide range of stream and river habitats, usually in fast to moderately fast-flowing waters. In reservoirs, where inflowing streams provide spawning habitat. Spawns in fast-flowing waters in riffles on gravel substrate.

Biology. No data. Expected to be similar to B.pergamonensis . Conservation status. LC.

Further reading. Güçlü et al. 2013 (morphology, distribution); Güçlü et al. 2020 (description).

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Barbus xanthos

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