kessleri, Barbus Derjavin [A. N.] 1929:75, Fig. 3 [Bulletins of the Ichthyological Laboratory of Baku. v. 2 (no. 2); ref. 16078] Karaj River, 30 kilometers from Teheran, Iran. Syntypes: (3) whereabouts unknown. Subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Puntius kessleri Steindachner 1866 in Barbus; replaced by Barbus dageti Fowler 1958. •Synonym of Barbus mursa (Güldenstädt 1773) -- (Coad 1995:13 [ref. 23608]). •Synonym of Luciobarbus mursa (Güldenstädt 1773) -- (Esmaeili et al. 2010:370 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:875 [ref. 34062], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:86 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2024:172 [ref. 40789]). 2°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Luciobarbus mursa (Güldenstädt 1773). Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Habitat: freshwater.