petenyi, Barbus Heckel [J. J.] 1852:29 [Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. v. 2; ref. 22971] Mures River, at Rastolita, Transylvania, Romania. Neotype: NMW 94602. Appeared first as name only and not available as petenyii in Heckel 1848:194 [ref. 18256]. Neotype designated validly in Kotlík et al. 2002:229, 237 [ref. 26484]. •Synonym of Barbus meridionalis Risso 1827, but a valid subspecies -- (Berg 1949:698 [ref. 20661], Lelek 1987:160 [ref. 22962]). •Probably a synonym of Barbus peloponnesius Valenciennes 1842 -- (Karakousis et al. 1993:232 [ref. 22335]). •Synonym of Barbus peloponnesius Valenciennes 1842 -- (Kottelat 1997:49 [ref. 22952], Economidis et al. in Bănărescu & Bogutskaya 2003:301 [ref. 27353] but as a valid subspecies). •Valid as Barbus petenyi Heckel 1852 -- (Michajlova 1989:23 [ref. 20062], Tsigenopoulos & Berrebi 2000:174 [ref. 25489], Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:200 [ref. 26728], Kotlík et al. 2002:229 [ref. 26484], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:167 [ref. 28369] dated 1847, Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:128 [ref. 29996], Antal et al. 2016:187 [ref. 34094], Levin et al. 2019:42 [ref. 36643], Nagy et al. 2023:356 [ref. 40348]). Current status: Valid as Barbus petenyi Heckel 1852. Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Southeastern Europe: Danube basin and western Black Sea tributaries (Romania and Bulgaria). Habitat: freshwater.