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Terek barbel

Barbus ciscaucasicus Kessler, 1877

Status not recordedbony fish

The terek barbel (Barbus ciscaucasicus) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the terek barbel

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the terek barbel live?

Not recorded

Is the terek barbel endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the terek barbel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusBarbus
  7. SpeciesBarbus ciscaucasicus Kessler, 1877
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Terek şirbitiAzerbaijani
  • parma kurskáCzech
  • kaukasianbarbiFinnish
  • Терский усачRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the terek barbel

Other species in the same genus Barbus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the terek barbel?

The terek barbel (Barbus ciscaucasicus) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Terek barbel (Barbus ciscaucasicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/terek-barbel

MLA

“Terek barbel (Barbus ciscaucasicus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/terek-barbel.

BibTeX
@misc{terek_barbel_2026,
  title = {Terek barbel (Barbus ciscaucasicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/terek-barbel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}