shirbot

Barbus grypus is a species of barb called in English and Persian or Arabic by the common names shirbot and variations shabut, shabboot or shabbout, and in local languages by several other common names. It is a large freshwater carp found in the Tigris-Euphrates Basin. It is a commercially fished species in this region. This species can grow to a length of nearly two metres and a weight of over 50 kg