Barbus carottae

Barbus carottae is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus from Lake Yliki in Greece.^[2]

Barbus carottae
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Barbus
Species:	B. carottae
Binomial name
Barbus carottae (Bianco, 1998)
Synonyms
Messinobarbus carottae Bianco, 1998 Luciobarbus carottae (Bianco, 1998) Luciobarbus graecus (Steindachner 1895) p. p.

Etymology

Named for Arianna Carotta who collected the specimens used for the species description, along with the author.^[2]

Description

Generally very similar to other lake populations of barbels. Body colour uniformly silver in adults and speckled by brownish, irregular spots in juveniles. Dorsal fin, 7-8 soft rays, spiny and serrated last unbranched dorsal-fin ray. Median lobe of the posterior lip moderately compressed. The distinguishing feature is the large scales. The SL of the holotype was 105 mm (4.1 in) and when compared to similar sized syntypes, the number of scales along the lateral line was reduced to 39-43, from 50-57. There were also fewer rows of scales above and below the lateral line (8-10 above, 6-8 below).^[2]