Barbus cyri De Filippi, 1865
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 cyri, the Kura barbel, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East region.
The specific epithet cyri is from the Latin Cyrus for the Kura River in Georgia, which is the type locality.
After synonymisation with the Gokcha barbel, it follows that this species is also found in Lake Sevan.
Wikipedia contributors, Barbus cyri; 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 cyri De Filippi, 1865
- Name authority
- De Filippi, 1865
- 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 cyri De Filippi, 1865
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 cyclolepis Heckel, 1837 | 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 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 armenicus Kamensky, 1899 Kamensky, 1899 | synonym |
| Barbus caucasicus Kessler, 1877 Kessler, 1877 | synonym |
| Barbus cyclolepis cyri De Filippi, 1865 De Filippi, 1865 | synonym |
| Barbus lacerta cyri De Filippi, 1865 De Filippi, 1865 | synonym |
| Barbus goktschaicus Kessler, 1877 Kessler, 1877 | synonym |
| Barbus cyri var. chaldanica Kamensky, 1899 Kamensky, 1899 | synonym |
| Barbus angustatus Kamensky, 1899 Kamensky, 1899 | synonym |
| Barbus bortschalinicus Kamensky, 1899 Kamensky, 1899 | synonym |
| Barbus sursunicus Kamensky, 1899 Kamensky, 1899 | 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.
- De Filippi, F. (1865). Note di un viaggio in Persia nel 1862. Volume Unico. G. Daelli, Milano, i–xiii + 1–396 [Pisces, pp. 357–360]. 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:KN6W. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.