esocinus, Luciobarbus Heckel [J. J.] 1843:1054 [64] [Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In Russegger v. 1 (pt 2); ref. 2066] Tigris River, Mosul, Iraq. Syntypes: NMW 54088 (2), 54091-92 (1, 1); SMF 454 [ex NMW] (1), 6785 [ex NMW] (1). Illustrated by Heckel 1843: Pl. 4, fig. 2 [ref. 2067]. On p. 64 of separate [ref. 2067]. •May be a synonym of Barbus xanthopterus (Heckel 1843) -- (Coad 1991:14 [ref. 15702], Coad 1995:12 [ref. 23608], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869]). •Valid as Barbus esocinus (Heckel 1843) -- (Coad 2010:108 [ref. 36620]). •Valid as Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel 1843 -- (Fricke et al. 2007:42 [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. 2017:51 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:32 [ref. 36089], Çiçek et al. 2020:247 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:84 [ref. 37983], Bayhan 2021:243 [ref. 40683], Çiçek et al. 2023:16 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:372 [ref. 40625], Saad et al. 2023:21 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:169 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Luciobarbus esocinus Heckel 1843. Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Euphrates and Tigris river systems (Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran). Habitat: freshwater.