meridionalis, Barbus Risso [A.] 1827:437 [Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale v. 3; ref. 3757] Var River at Nice, Département des Alpes-Maritimes, France. Lectotype: MNHN 0000-0070. Lectotype selected by Bianco 1995:319 [ref. 21944]. •Valid as Barbus meridionalis Risso 1827 -- (Berg 1949:698 [ref. 20661], Lelek 1987:160 [ref. 22962], Michajlova 1989:23 [ref. 20062], Berrebi & Cattaneo-Berrebi 1993:319 [ref. 38654], Karakousis et al. 1993:232 [ref. 22335], Coad 1996:84 [ref. 25304], Miranda & Escala 2000:197 [ref. 24798], Kotlík et al. 2002:236 [ref. 26484], Doadrio & Perdices in Bănărescu & Bogutskaya 2003:277 [ref. 27353], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:127 [ref. 29996], Levin et al. 2012:544 [ref. 33912], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108]). Current status: Valid as Barbus meridionalis Risso 1827. Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Southern Europe: northern Mediterranean coastal watersheds. Hybridizes with Barbus barbus (Linnaeus 1758). Not in Italy. Habitat: freshwater.