Caspian barbel
| Caspian barbel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Luciobarbus |
| Species: | L. caspius
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| Binomial name | |
| Luciobarbus caspius (L. S. Berg, 1914)
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The Caspian barbel (Luciobarbus caspius) is a species of Cyprinid fish native to the Kura-Aras watershed in the wider Near East. In Persian, it is called zardak (زردک).
Sources
- ^ Karimov, B. (2020). "Luciobarbus caspius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156750169A156750240. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T156750169A156750240.en. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Luciobarbus caspius". FishBase. August 2011 version.