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Cyprinidae
Brook Barbel
Barbus caninus
Spawning unfolds over gravel in fast water
- Temperate
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Europe
- Elongated
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
MediumBrook Barbel is a freshwater fish of Europe. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 25 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Barbus
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Europe: Adriatic basin, between Marecchia and Brenta drainages (Italy, Switzerland). Introduced in Arno and Ombrone drainages in Italy. Previously misidentified as Barbus meridionalis . Records of Barbus caninus from Soca refer to Barbus balcanicus .
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
