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Cyprinidae
Jordan barbel
Luciobarbus longiceps
Fifty Centimeters Carp from Asian Waters
- Tropical
- Local endemic species
- Single river-basin endemic
- Freshwater fish
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Freshwater fish
MediumJordan barbel is a freshwater fish found around Eurasia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 50 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Luciobarbus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Eurasia: endemic to the Jordan River drainage basin. Records from the Orontes or Tigris-Euphrates are misidentifications.
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