The Aral barbel (''Luciobarbus brachycephalus'') is a species of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...

in the genus '' Luciobarbus''. It is found in the Aral basin, Chu drainage and southern and western

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. For spawning, it migrates up to larger tributaries of the western and southern coasts.

References

* Luciobarbus Fish described in 1872 Taxa named by Karl Kessler {{Barbinae-stub