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Cyprinidae
Terek Barbel
Barbus ciscaucasicus
Fifty Centimeters Carp from European Waters
- Temperate
- Transcontinental
- Freshwater fish
- Europe
- West Asia
- Elongated
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Freshwater fish
Europe
Elongated
MediumTerek Barbel is a freshwater fish found around Europe and Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 50 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Barbus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Europe and Asia: Western Caspian Sea, from Terek to Samur drainages in northern Caucasus, Daghestan and Azerbaijan. After construction of Kuma-Manych canal, invaded Chograiskoie Reservoir (Don drainage).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
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