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Nemacheilidae
stone loach
Barbatula barbatula
A nocturnal loach half buried in clear sand
- Temperate
- Transcontinental
- Freshwater fish
- East Asia
- Europe
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Freshwater fish
East Asia
Fusiform
Mediumstone loach is known from Eurasia as a freshwater fish. It occurs in estuaries and brackish water.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Barbatula
- Maximum length
- 21 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eurasia: Europe north of Caucasus, Pyrénées and Alps, from Loire and Rhone drainages eastward; British Isles ( except northern Scotland), southern Sweden and Finland (northward to about 66°N); northeastern Italy; Danube and Vardar drainages (Ref. 59043 ); Asia to China (Ref. 6111 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
