Lortet's barbel

Lortet's barbel (Lucioarbus lorteti) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is only found in the lower course of Orontes River in Syria and Turkey,^[2] which were poisoned and nearly dried in 1989 and changed the lake from being abundant to completely fishless. Aside from being extinct in Lake Amik, nothing else is known about the fish.^[1]

Lortet's barbel
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Luciobarbus
Species:	L. lorteti
Binomial name
Luciobarbus lorteti Sauvage, 1882
Synonyms
Barbus lorteti Sauvage, 1882

Although the patronym is not identified, probably in honor of Louis Charles Émile Lortet (1836-1909).^[3]