Barbus cyri

Barbus cyri
	Barbus cyri at the top (a)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Barbus
Species:	B. cyri
Binomial name
	Barbus cyri; De Filippi, 1865
Synonyms
	Barbus angustatus Kamensky, 1899 ; Barbus armenicus Kamensky, 1899 ; Barbus bortschalinicus Kamensky, 1899 ; Barbus caucasicus Kessler, 1877 ; Barbus cyclolepis cyri De Filippi, 1865 ; Barbus cyri var. chaldanica Kamensky, 1899 ; Barbus goktschaicus Kessler, 1877 ; Barbus lacerta cyri De Filippi, 1865 ; Barbus sursunicus Kamensky, 1899; ;

Barbus cyri, the Kura barbel, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East region.

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The specific epithet cyri is from the Latin Cyrus for the Kura River in Georgia, which is the type locality.^[3]

After synonymisation with the Gokcha barbel, it follows that this species is also found in Lake Sevan.

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