ercisianus, Barbus plebejus Karaman [M. S.] 1971:204 [Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut v. 67; ref. 2560] Ercis, Lake Van and road from Ercis to Patnos, Turkey. Syntypes: ZMH H4208 and 3566 (5), H3567 (13). Type catalog: Wilkens 1977:157 [ref. 22013]. •Questionably a synonym of Barbus plebejus Bonaparte 1839 -- (Kottelat 1997:50 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Barbus lacerta Heckel 1843 -- (Khaefi et al. 2017:100 [ref. 35344]). •Valid as Barbus ercisianus Karaman 1971 -- (Fricke et al. 2007:32 [ref. 29533], Çiçek et al. 2015:144 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2018:5 [ref. 36267], Şen et al. 2019:67 [ref. 36474], Çiçek et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37644], Çiçek et al. 2023:365 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:147 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Barbus ercisianus Karaman 1971. Cyprinidae: Barbinae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Van Gölü tributaries, Van and Bitlis provinces (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater, brackish.