Barbus cyclolepis Heckel, 1837
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Barbus cyclolepis, the round-scaled barbel, is a freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
A broader concept of Barbus cyclolepis would include in the same species several other barbel taxa that others consider distinct species, i.e. Barbus sperchiensis (Sprechios barbel), Barbus strumicae (Strumica barbel) and Barbus waleckii (Vistula barbel). B. waleckii has however also been suggested to be a hybridogenic species, perhaps derived from common barbel B. barbus and B. carpathicus.
Wikipedia contributors, Barbus cyclolepis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:08:29.750156+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Barbus cyclolepis Heckel, 1837
- Name authority
- Heckel, 1837
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Barbus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyBarbinae Bleeker, 1859
- genusBarbus Cuvier & Cloquet, 1816
- speciesBarbus cyclolepis Heckel, 1837
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Barbus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Barbus waleckii Rolik, 1970 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus miliaris De Filippi, 1863 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus sperchiensis Stephanidis, 1950 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus xanthos Güçlü, Kalayci, Küçük & Turan, 2020 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus samniticus Lorenzoni, Carosi, Quadroni, De Santis, Vanetti, Delmastro & Zaccara, 2021 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus bergi Chichkoff, 1935 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus carottae (Bianco, 1998) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus carpathicus Kotlík, Tsigenopoulos, Ráb & Berrebi, 2002 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus ciscaucasicus Kessler, 1877 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus cyri De Filippi, 1865 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus euboicus Stephanidis, 1950 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Barbus macedonicus Karaman, 1928 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Barbus communis cyclolepis Heckel, 1837 Heckel, 1837 | synonym |
| Barbus cyclolepis cholorematicus Stephanidis, 1971 Stephanidis, 1971 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Heckel, J. J. (1837). Ichthyologische Beiträge zu den Familien der Cottoiden, Scorpaenoiden, Gobioiden und Cyprinoiden. Annalen Des Wiener Museums Der Naturgeschichte, v. 2 (no. 1) (for 1840): 143–164, Pls. 8–9. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5WC7K. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.