xanthopterus, Luciobarbus Heckel [J. J.] 1843:1053 [63] [Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In Russegger v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 2066] Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq. Syntypes: NMW 54786 (1), 54841 (10), 91215 (1, dry). Illustrated by Heckel 1943: Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [ref. 2067]. On p. 63 of separate [ref. 2067]. •Valid as Barbus xanthopterus (Heckel 1843) -- (Coad 1991:15 [ref. 15702], Coad 1995:13 [ref. 23608], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869], Coad 2010:137 [ref. 36620]). •Valid as Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel 1843 -- (Fricke et al. 2007:43 [ref. 29533], Turan et al. 2008:42 [ref. 29741], Esmaeili et al. 2010:370 [ref. 33391], Levin et al. 2012:544 [ref. 33912], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:875 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:144 [ref. 35151], Esmaeili et al. 2017:52 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:32 [ref. 36089], Çiçek et al. 2020:248 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:87 [ref. 37983], Bayhan 2021:244 [ref. 40683], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1403 [ref. 39565], Çiçek et al. 2023:17 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:374 [ref. 40625], Saad et al. 2023:23 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:174 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Luciobarbus xanthopterus Heckel 1843. Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Orontes, Euphrates and Tigris river systems (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran). Habitat: freshwater.