Barbus cyclolepis Heckel, 1837

Higher Taxonomy

Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbus

Characterisation

Trogloxene

Distribution

Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey

Distribution in caves of Greece

• Spilaio Maara, Paragamian 1993, Koutrakis et al. 2003
  Region: Anatoliki Makedonia-Thraki / Regional unit: Drama / Municipality: Prosotsani / Closest settlement: Angitis

IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

Greece's Red Data Book

LC - Least Concern

Protection status

• There is no species-specific legal framework for protection.

Check Databases

Fauna Europea

GBIF

IUCN Red List

PESI

NCBI

Species references

• Koutrakis, E., Katsaiti, L., Kallianiotis, A., Tsikliras, A., Bobori D. & Economidis, P. 2003. The aquatic macrofauna of Cave Aggitis (Maaras, Drama) - Preliminary results.. Pages 83-86 in 11th Panhellenic Conference of. Ichthyologists, 10-13 April 2003, Preveza Greece (in Greek).
• Paragamian, K. 1993. Environmental study on the arrangement and management of the Maara cave, Kokkinogia, Drama. Final report.. Democritus University of Xanthi, Greece, 45 p. (in Greek).

Citation

Paragamian, K. 2026. Barbus cyclolepis Heckel, 1837. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Species data updated 07.02.2018, Accessed 09.03.2026