Iberian Barbel

Luciobarbus bocagei

Eighty Centimeters Carp of European Waters

Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Fusiform
Large
Temperate fish

Luciobarbus bocagei is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. Its scientific name honours the Portuguese zoologist and politician Jose Vicente Barboza du Bocage. It is here placed in Luciobarbus following the IUCN, but that genus is very closely related to the other typical barbels and perhaps better considered a mere subgenus of Barbus.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Minnows, Carps, and Loaches
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Luciobarbus
Maximum length: 80 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Europe: Atlantic slope of Spain and Portugal, from Lima to Sado drainages.
Conservation status: NTNear Threatened

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