Cyprinidae

Valencia barbel

Luciobarbus guiraonis

Carp of the Mediterranean Sea

• Temperate
• Upper river
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Europe
• Fusiform
• Medium
• Temperate fish

Luciobarbus 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.