sharpeyi, Barbus Günther [A.] 1874:38 [3], Pl. 9 [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 4) v. 14 (no. 79) (art. 8); ref. 18197] Tigris River near Baghdad, Iraq. Syntypes: BMNH 1874.4.28.20 (1), 1874.4.28.27 (1), 1875.1.14.16 (1). On p. 3 of separate. •Valid as Barbus sharpeyi Günther 1874 -- (Coad 1991:14 [ref. 15702], Hanel et al. 1993:101 [ref. 26139], Coad 1995:13 [ref. 23608], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869], Coad 2010:131 [ref. 36620]). •Valid as Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi (Günther 1874) -- (Ekmekçi & Bănărescu 1998:95 [ref. 26519], Esmaeili et al. 2010:370 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:876 [ref. 34062], Borkenhagen 2017:293 [ref. 35158], Esmaeili et al. 2017:52 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:32 [ref. 36089], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:88 [ref. 37983], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1403 [ref. 39565], Çiçek et al. 2023:17 [ref. 40616], Saad et al. 2023:23 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:175 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi (Günther 1874). Cyprinidae: Torinae. Distribution: Middle East: Tigris River system (Syria, Iraq, Iran). Habitat: freshwater.