The Menderes barbel (Luciobarbus kottelati) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus from the Büyük Menderes River basin in Turkey.
| Menderes barbel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Barbinae |
| Genus: | Luciobarbus |
| Species: | L. kottelati
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| Binomial name | |
| Luciobarbus kottelati | |
The fish is named in honor of Swiss ichthyologist Maurice Kottelat (b. 1957), because of his contributions to the knowledge of European and Asian fishes.[2]
References edit
- ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Luciobarbus kottelati". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19378668A19849390. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19378668A19849390.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamilies ACROSSOCHEILINAE, BARBINAE, SPINIBARBINAE, SCHIZOTHORACINAE, SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE and Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Luciobarbus kottelati" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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