Heckel's Orontes barbel

Heckel’s Orontes barbel or Levantine barbel (Luciobarbus pectoralis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Luciobarbus from the Orontes River basin (including Asi Nehri) in the Near East.

Heckel's Orontes barbel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Luciobarbus
Species:
L. pectoralis
Binomial name
Luciobarbus pectoralis
(Heckel, 1843)
Synonyms

Barbus pectoralis Heckel, 1843

References

  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Luciobarbus pectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19383495A19848388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19383495A19848388.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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