Barbus cyri De Filippi, 1865

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Barbus cyri De Filippi, 1865 – Native ( Fig. 51)

Barbus caucasicus Kessler [K. F.] 1877: 102; Type locality: Kura-Araks River system, Azerbaijan. Syntypes: (30) ZIN 2929 (6, lost), 2930 (12). Non-types: ZIN 2913 (3).

Barbus goktschaicus Kessler [K. F.] 1877: 105; Type locality: Sevan [Goktscha] Lake, Armenia. Syntypes: (3) BMNH 1897.7.5.23 [ex ZIN] (1), ZIN 10921 (1).

Capoeta fundulus var. toporovanica Kamensky [S. N.] 1897: 83; Type locality: Lake Taparovani , Georgia, Eurasia, elevation 1,990 m. Holotype (unique): not at ZIN.

Barbus angustatus Kamensky [S. N.] 1899: 88 [German p. 153]; Type locality: Kura River near Borzhom , Caucasus. Holotype: ZIN 10416 (1 of 2, 167 mm).

Barbus armenicus Kamensky [S. N.] (ex Kessler) 1899: 80; Type locality: Çildir Gölu, elevation 6,522 feet; Kars-chai, Turkey. Lectotype: ZIN 5198. Paralectotypes: (3) Caucasian Museum (whereabouts unknown).

Barbus bortschalinicus Kamensky [S. N.] 1899: 67; Type locality: Borchala, Kura River basin, Georgia, eastern Asia. Syntypes: (3) not found at ZIN.

Barbus cyri var. chaldanica Kamensky [S. N.] 1899: 62; Type locality: Andzhikent-tchay near Khaldan, Chaldyr Lake. Holotype (unique): not found at ZIN.

Barbus cyri var. tiflissica Kamensky [S. N.] 1899: 60 [German p. 139]; Type locality: Kura River at Tbilisi, Georgia, Eurasia. Syntypes: (4) not found at ZIN.

Barbus sursunicus Kamensky [S. N.] 1899: 76, 102, 148; Type locality: Zurzuna River, Azerbaijan. Berg figured specimen: ZIN 14740 (1 of 8, 260 mm female).

Barbus urmianus Eagderi [S.], Nikmehr [N.], Çiçek [E.], Esmaeili [H. R.], Vatandoust [S.] & Mousavi-Sabet [H.] 2019: 240; Type locality: Mahabad-Chai River at Miriseh Village, Beytas City, western Azerbaijan province, Iran, 36°29'55.14"N, 45°33'54.26"E. Holotype: IMNRF-UT-1079–8. Paratypes: IMNRF-UT, VMFC.

Common name: Pr: Sas mahi, Orenj, Sas mahi Kura, En: Kura barbel.

Diagnosis: Very similar to B. lacerta according to some authors ( Khaefi et al. 2017), several characters can distinguish this species from others, i.e., tip of anal fin, when pressed to body, not reaching or reaching to middle of distance between base of last anal fin ray and lower caudal-fin origin, 3–6 (mode 5) scale rows between tip of anal fin and base of caudal fin, length of caudal peduncle 1.7–2.3 times longer than deep, snout short, its length 44–47% of body depth at dorsal fin origin, maxillary barbel 12–30% HL, not reaching to posterior eye margin, gular region rectangular, 60–70% of posterior margin of last unbranched dorsal fin ray covered with denticles, eye diameter 2.5–2.9 times in snout length, median pad of lower lip wide and shallow.

Meristic characters: D: III–IV (III) 8–9 (8), A: III 5–6 (5), P: 13–18 (15–16), V: 7–9 (8), GR: 6–8, LL: 58–65, TV:?.

Distribution: Caspian Sea and Urmia Lake basins ( Fig. 52). Found in Aras River and its tributary the Qarasu, from the Astara to the Atrak Rivers, including the Anzali Wetland, the upper Sefidrud River drainage in the Qezel Owzan and Shahrud, Tajan, Babol, Haraz, Sardab, Aras, Hevigh, Tonekabon, Pol-e Rud and Sefidrud rivers (Caspian Sea basin). Talkheh, Nazlu Chay, Barandoz Chay, Kotar, Ghasemlo Chay, Ghale Chay, Gedar Chay, Sofi Chay, Shahr Chay and Zarrineh Rivers (Urmia Lake basin).

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) consider this species synonym of Barbus lacerta but can be valid as subspecies, also Coad (1991) suppose synonym of B. lacerta however Levin et al. (2012) retained it as a full species.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. Due to their wide distribution in Caspian and Urmia Lake basins in Iran, but also in other countries as Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia, we classified it as Least Concern.