barbulus, Barbus Heckel [J. J.] 1847:256 [Reisen in Europa, Asien und Africa v. 2 (pt 3); ref. 2068] Kara Agatsch River [Qarah Aqaj River] near Geré [Jereh], Iran, 29°15'N, 51°58'E; Kueik River at Aleppo, Syria. Syntypes: NMW 6596 (1). Discussion of type locality see Valiallahi 2020:60 [ref. 38919]. •Probably a synonym of Barbus pectoralis Heckel 1847 -- (Coad 1991:14 [ref. 15702], Coad 1995:11, 13 [ref. 23608]). •Valid as Barbus barbulus Heckel 1847 [also seen as 1849 and 1843] -- (Coad 1996:71 [ref. 25297], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869], Fricke et al. 2007:32 [ref. 29533], Coad 2010:106 [ref. 36620]). •Valid as Luciobarbus barbulus (Heckel 1847) -- (Esmaeili et al. 2010:370 [ref. 33391] dated 1849, Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:874 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:144 [ref. 35151], Esmaeili et al. 2017:51 [ref. 35254], Khaefi et al. 2017:836 [ref. 40256], Esmaeili et al. 2018:31 [ref. 36089], Çiçek et al. 2020:247 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:80 [ref. 37983], Valiallahi 2020:59 [ref. 38919], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1401 [ref. 39565], Çiçek et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:371 [ref. 40625], Saad et al. 2023:21 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:166 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Luciobarbus barbulus (Heckel 1847). Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Euphrates and Tigris river basins (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran); Zoreh, Mond and Kol river basins (Iran). Habitat: freshwater.