cyclolepis, Barbus communis var. Heckel [J. J.] 1837:155 [Annalen des Wiener Museums der Naturgeschichte v. 2 (no. 1) (for 1840); ref. 2079] Philippopolis [now Plovdiv], Maritza River, eastern Rumelia, Balkan region of Bulgaria. Lectotype: NMW 54734. Paralectotypes: NMW 54736 (5). Also refered to as Barbus communis on p. 155. Lectotype selected by Economidis & Bogutskaya in Banarescu & Bogutskaya 2003:181, 193 [ref. 27353]. •Synonym of Barbus plebeius Valenciennes 1842 -- (Lelek 1987:163 [ref. 22962] as plebejus). •Valid as Barbus cyclolepis Heckel 1837 [often dated 1839 or 1840, sometimes as a subspecies as well] -- (Coad 1991:23 [ref. 15702], Kottelat 1997:48 [ref. 22952], Bianco 1998:132 [ref. 23811], Pehlivanov 2000:47 [ref. 25202], Tsigenopoulos & Berrebi 2000:174 [ref. 25489], Economidis & Bogutskaya in Bănărescu & Bogutskaya 2003:181 [ref. 27353] as a valid subspecies, Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:167 [ref. 28369] dated 1840, Stoumboudi et al. 2006:131 [ref. 28767], Fricke et al. 2007:32 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:124 [ref. 29996], Turan et al. 2009:16 [ref. 29999], Levin et al. 2012:544 [ref. 33912], Barbieri et al. 2015:46 [ref. 35029] dated 1837, Çiçek et al. 2015:144 [ref. 35151], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108], Özuluğ & Saç 2019:26 [ref. 36599], Çiçek et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37644], Güçlü et al. 2021:125 [ref. 38911], Çiçek et al. 2023:364 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:146 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Barbus cyclolepis Heckel 1837. Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Eastern Europe: Aegean Sea and Black Sea basins. Habitat: freshwater.