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Albanian Barbel
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Albanian Barbel

Luciobarbus albanicus

The Albanian barbel (Luciobarbus albanicus) is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is often referred to as "Albanian barbel" in a literal translation of its scientific name. However, this is misleading, as it was thus called on the assumption that it occurs in Albania, which it apparently does not. Rather, it is endemic to western Greece.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 187636.