Luciobarbus

***Luciobarbus*** is a genus of freshwater cyprinids. They live in Europe, North Africa, and the Caspian Sea. Before, they also used to be found in the Aral Sea, but it is now dried up.

## Taxonomy

_Luciobarbus_ is classified in the subfamily Barbinae. It was once part of the more well-known genus _Barbus_.

### Extant species

The genus contains 40 extant species:

- _Luciobarbus albanicus_ <small>(Steindachner, 1870)</small> (Albanian barbel)
- _Luciobarbus barbulus_ <small>Heckel, 1847</small>
- _Luciobarbus biscarensis_ <small>Boulenger, 1911</small>
- _Luciobarbus bocagei_ <small>(Steindachner, 1864)</small> (Iberian barbel)
- _Luciobarbus brachycephalus_ <small>(Kessler, 1872)</small> (Aral barbel)
- _Luciobarbus callensis_ <small>Valenciennes, 1842</small> (Algerian barb)
- _Luciobarbus capito_ <small>(Güldenstädt, 1773)</small> (Bulatmai barbel)
- _Luciobarbus caspius_ <small>(L. S. Berg, 1914)</small> (Caspian barbel)
- _Luciobarbus chelifensis_ <small>Brahimi, Freyhof, Henrard & Libois, 2017</small>
- _Luciobarbus comizo_ <small>(Steindachner, 1864)</small> (Comizo barbel)
- _Luciobarbus escherichii_ <small>(Steindachner, 1897)</small> (Ankara barbel)
- _Luciobarbus esocinus_ <small>Heckel, 1843</small> (Mangar)
- _Luciobarbus graecus_ <small>Steindachner, 1896</small>
- _Luciobarbus graellsii_ <small>(Steindachner, 1866)</small>
- _Luciobarbus guercifensis_ <small>Doadrio, Perea & Yahyahoui, 2016</small> (Guercif barbel)
- _Luciobarbus guiraonis_ <small>(Steindachner, 1866)</small>
- _Luciobarbus kersin_ <small>(Heckel, 1843)</small> (Kersin barbel)
- _Luciobarbus kottelati_ <small>Turan, Ekmekçi, İlhan & Engin, 2008</small> (Menderes barbel)
- _Luciobarbus lanigarensis_ <small>Brahimi, Libois, Henrard & Freyhof, 2018</small>
- _Luciobarbus leptopogon_ <small>G. H. W. Schimper, 1834</small>
- _Luciobarbus longiceps_ <small>Valenciennes, 1842</small> (Jordan barbel)
- _Luciobarbus lydianus_ <small>(Boulenger, 1896)</small> (Lydian barbel)
- _Luciobarbus maghrebensis_ <small>Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2015</small> (Maghreb barbel)
- _Luciobarbus magniatlantis_ <small>(Pellegrin, 1919)</small>
- _Luciobarbus microcephalus_ <small>(Almaça (pt), 1967)</small>
- _Luciobarbus mursa_ <small>(Güldenstädt, 1773)</small> (Mursa)
- _Luciobarbus mystaceus_ <small>(Pallas, 1814)</small> (Euphrates barbel)
- _Luciobarbus pallaryi_ <small>Pellegrin, 1919</small>
- _Luciobarbus pectoralis_ <small>(Heckel, 1843)</small> (Heckel’s Orontes barbel)
- _Luciobarbus rabatensis_ <small>Doadrio, Perea & Yahyaoui, 2015</small> (Rabat barbel)
- _Luciobarbus rifensis_ <small>Doadrio, Casal-Lopez & Yahyaoui, 2015</small> (Rifian barbel)
- _Luciobarbus sclateri_ <small>(Günther, 1868)</small> (Andalusian barbel)
- _Luciobarbus setivimensis_ <small>Valenciennes, 1842</small>
- _Luciobarbus steindachneri_ <small>(Almaça (pt), 1967)</small>
- _Luciobarbus subquincunciatus_ <small>(Günther, 1868)</small> (Mesopotamian barbel)
- _Luciobarbus xanthopterus_ <small>Heckel, 1843</small> (Yellowfin barbel)
- _Luciobarbus yahyaouii_ <small>Doadrio, Casal-Lopez & Perea, 2016</small> (Yahyaoui barbel)
- _Luciobarbus zayanensis_ <small>Doadrio, Casal-Lopez & Perea, 2016</small> (Zayan barbel)

### Extinct species

- <abbr>†</abbr>_Luciobarbus nasus_ <small>(Günther, 1874</small>)