Mediterranean Barbel

Barbus meridionalis

Near Threatened Carp in the Record

Mediterranean Barbel is known from Europe as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Barbus
Maximum length: 27 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Europe: rivers draining to Mediterranean from Besos (near Barcelona, northeastern Spain) to Var (at Nice, southeastern France) drainages, including Rhône as far uprivers as Lyon; some headwaters of Garonne basin in Ariège, Tarn and Aveyron (France), apparently native in most, but introduced in at least some upper Tarn localities (Ref. 59043 ). Barbus meridionalis graellsii found in southern France and central and northern Spain (now recognized as species (Ref. 13696 )). The Italian populations now recognized as Barbus caninus (Ref. 13696 ).
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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