rionica, Barbus tauricus var. Kamensky [S. N.] 1899:30 [German p. 128], Pl. 3 [Die Cypriniden der Kaukasusländer und ihrer angrenzenden Meere; ref. 14707] Rioni River, Georgia, Eurasia. Syntypes: (6) not at ZIN. Species epithet correct as rionicus due to masculine gender of genus Barbus. •Synonym of Barbus tauricus Kessler 1877 -- (Berg 1949:692 [ref. 20661], Bogutskaya et al. in Bănărescu & Bogutskaya 2003:397 [ref. 27353]). •Synonym of Barbus escherichii Steindachner 1897 -- (Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:47 [ref. 28183]). •Valid as Barbus rionicus Kamensky 1899 -- (Çiçek et al. 2016:116 [ref. 35152] as rionica, Turan et al. 2018:542 [ref. 36092], Levin et al. 2019:33 [ref. 36643], Çiçek et al. 2020:247 [ref. 37644], Dyldin et al. 2020:91 [ref. 37569], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Çiçek et al. 2023:367 [ref. 40625], Dyldin et al. 2023:[10] [ref. 40328], Çiçek et al. 2024:152 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Barbus rionicus Kamensky 1899. Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Eurasia: western Caucasus: Black Sea tributaries (Choruh to Bzyb River drainages) of southern Russia and Georgia. Habitat: freshwater.