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461:Galeichthys feliceps
361:Tariqilabeo bicornis
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221:Luciobarbus esocinus
143:Luciobarbus sclateri
608:Paraphyletic groups
548:Barbus meridionalis
415:African Great Lakes
269:Luicobarbus caspius
173:Luciobarbus bocagei
130:Barbus meridionalis
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407:The Ripon barbel (
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319:Lake Sevan
315:Kura river
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402:B. barbus
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478:See also
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392:Maghreb
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