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Species
barbel
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded292,478
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 216
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CMN, CUMV, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Ukraine, Switzerland, Italy, Romania, France
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Encyclopedic overview
The common barbel (Barbus barbus) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. It shares the common name 'barbel' with its many relatives in the genus Barbus, of which it is the type species. In Great Britain it is usually referred to simply as the barbel; similar names are used elsewhere in Europe, such as barbeau in France and flodbarb in Sweden. The name derives from the four whiskerlike structures located at the corners of the fish's mouth, which it uses to locate food.
Distribution and habitat
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barbus barbus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.