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Cyprinidae
Marmara barbel
Barbus oligolepis
Thirty Five Centimeters Carp of Asian Waters
- Tropical
- Coastal
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- West Asia
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
MediumMarmara barbel is a freshwater fish found around Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 35 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Barbus
- Maximum length
- 35 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Asia: rivers draining to the southern shore of the Marmara Sea, Turkey: Nilüfer, Koca (= Kocasu; entering Lake Ulubat), Kocachay (entering Lake Manyas, a tributary of Koca or Susurluk River), Hanchay (a tributary of Gönen) and Narlıca Stream in İznik county (flowing to Lake Iznik).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Order
Family
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