TY - JOUR AU - JALILI, Pariya AU - EAGDERI, Soheil AU - NIKMEHR, Nasrin AU - KEIVANY, Yazdan PY - 2015/07/23 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Descriptive osteology of Barbus cyri (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southern Caspian Sea basin JF - Iranian Journal of Ichthyology JA - Iran. J. Ichthyol. VL - 2 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.22034/iji.v2i2.58 UR - http://www.ijichthyol.org/index.php/iji/article/view/58 SP - 105-112 AB - <p>The present study was conducted to provide a detailed descriptive osteology of <em>Barbus cyri</em> from Southern Caspian Sea for the first time and comparing it with those of <em>B. lacerta</em> from the Tigris and Urmia lake basins. For this purpose, twelve specimens of <em>B. cyri</em> were collected from Safidrud River using electrofishing device and fixed in 10% buffered formalin. Then, the specimens were cleared and stained with alcian blue and alizarin red for osteological examination. A detailed description of the osteological features of <em>B. cyri</em> was provided. Based on the results, several differences were observed between the two species. <em>Barbus cyri</em> can be distinguished from <em>B. lacerta</em> by having three pharyngobranchial, a consumptive neural spine of second centrum and having 3rd and 4th vertebra with posterior position of neural spines.</p> ER -