Identification of Barbus species in the east Azarbaijan Rivers

This research project was carried out during 1995-99 in three basins of Aras, eastern part of Urmieh Lake and Ghezel uzan in order to identify fish species, preliminary study on ecology of the habitats and preparing a guideline poster and check list.
The sampling carried out seasonally by using the methods or electroshocker, castnet and seine-net with the mesh size of 5 mm.
The samples were fixed and preserved in 10% formaline and transferred to the laboratory for further biological studies. Among the all identified fishes, there were 2 species and one subspecies belong to Barbus genuse. namely: B. mursa, B. capito and B. lacerta cyri. The subspecies of B. lacerta cyri had more abundance than two other species. Also, B. capito has big enough size as commercial value and sport fishing.