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Cyprinidae
Large-spot Barbel
Barbus balcanicus
Spots crossing Adriatic Danube and Aegean drainages
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Europe
- Elongated
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumLarge-spot Barbel is known from Europe as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Barbus
- Maximum length
- 17.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Europe: Adriatic basin: Soca drainage (Italy, Slovenia). Danube drainage: upper Save, Archar, Krupaja, Vlasinsko and Nera systems, possibly more widespread in upper Danube drainage. Aegean basin: Gallikos, Vardar, Loudias and Aliakmon drainages (Greece, Macedonia).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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