barbus, Cyprinus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:320 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Europe. Lectotype: BMNH 1853.11.12.144 (skin). Paralectotypes: NRM 8052 (1), 8055 (1). Type catalog: Wheeler 1958:212 [ref. 13434], Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:217-218 [ref. 20707]. The Gronovius specimen in the British Museum has been suggested as the putative lectotype by Fernholm & Wheeler 1983:218 [ref. 20707]; that specimen designated lectotype by Kottelat 1997:47 [ref. 22952]. •Valid as Barbus barbus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:687 [ref. 20661], Lelek 1987:156 [ref. 22962], Berrebi & Cattaneo-Berrebi 1993:319 [ref. 38654], Bianco 1995:307 [ref. 21944], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:735 [ref. 24702], Bogutskaya 1998:87 [ref. 23589], Bianco 1998:127 [ref. 23811], Briolay et al. 1998:101 [ref. 25586], Tsigenopoulos & Berrebi 2000:174 [ref. 25489], Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:194 [ref. 26728], Kotlík et al. 2002:237 [ref. 26484], Ryabov 2002:794 [ref. 26575], Bănărescu et al. in Bănărescu & Bogutskaya 2003:43 [ref. 27353], Hanel 2003:51 [ref. 27894], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:46 [ref. 28183], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:167 [ref. 28369], Hanel & Lusk 2005:233 [ref. 28804], Kottelat 2006:87 [ref. 28831], Fricke 2007:28 [ref. 30577], Fricke et al. 2007:32 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:119 [ref. 29996], Kottelat 2013:110 [ref. 32989], Levin et al. 2012:544 [ref. 33912], Parin et al. 2014:70 [ref. 33547], Buonerba et al. 2015:115 [ref. 35178], Turan et al. 2018:554 [ref. 36092], Ćaleta et al. 2019:151 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108], Dyldin et al. 2020:105 [ref. 37569], Rossi et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38697], Dyldin et al. 2023:[10] [ref. 40328], Nagy et al. 2023:356 [ref. 40348]). Current status: Valid as Barbus barbus (Linnaeus 1758). Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Widespread in Europe, east to Ukraine; introduced in Italy. Hybridizes with Barbus meridionalis Risso 1827. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.