Barbus cyri

Barbus cyri, the Kura barbel, is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish from the Near East region.

Barbus cyri
Barbus cyri at the top (a)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Barbus
Species:	B. cyri
Binomial name
Barbus cyri De Filippi, 1865[1]
Synonyms[2]
Barbus angustatus Kamensky, 1899 Barbus armenicus Kamensky, 1899 Barbus bortschalinicus Kamensky, 1899 Barbus caucasicus Kessler, 1877 Barbus cyclolepis cyri De Filippi, 1865 Barbus cyri var. chaldanica Kamensky, 1899 Barbus goktschaicus Kessler, 1877 Barbus lacerta cyri De Filippi, 1865 Barbus sursunicus Kamensky, 1899

The specific epithet cyri is from the Latin Cyrus for the Kura River in Georgia, which is the type locality.^[3]

After synonymisation with the Gokcha barbel, it follows that this species is also found in Lake Sevan.