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Cyprinidae
Valencia barbel
Luciobarbus guiraonis
Carp of the Mediterranean Sea
- Temperate
- Upper river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Europe
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
MediumLuciobarbus guiraonis is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. 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. This large barbel is endemic to Spain, where it is known as barbo mediterraneo.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Luciobarbus
- Maximum length
- 50 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Europe: Spain in streams draining to Mediterranean, between Vinalopo and (but not including) Ebro drainages, and in a few headwaters of Guadiana drainage.
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
