Name
Barbus
barb
Framing
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Genus: Barbus
Habitat
Freshwater. Middle courses of rivers, clear and oxygenated waters.
Feeding
Free life. Gregarious. Predator of small fish, but also eats algae.
Distribution
Widely distributed genus, several species endemic to the Iberian Peninsula,
Conservation status
Some species of the genus listed as "Vulnerable" in the Libro Rojo de los Vertebrados Españoles (Red Book of Spanish Vertebrates)
Additional information
4 fleshy chins on the upper lip
Additional information
Links
Bibliography
- Doadrio l., Garzón P., Álvarez J. & Barrachina. P. (1987). La distribución del Barbus bocagei Steindachner, 1865 (Ostariophysi, Cyprinidae) en la Península Ibérica. Doñana, Acta Vertebrata, 14: 125-131 - Doadrio I, de Sostoa A., Fernández J.V. & de Sostoa. F. J. (1988). Sobre la distribución de Barbus meridionalis Risso, 1826 (Ostariophysi, Cyprinidae) en la Península lberica. DoHana, Acta Vertebrata 15(1): 151-153 - Doadrio, I. (Editor) (2001). Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Peces Continentales de España. Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/biodiversidad/temas/inventarios-nacionales/inventario-especies-terrestres/inventario-nacional-de-biodiversidad/ieet_peces_atlas_indice_cientifico_b.aspx)- Machordom A., Berrebi P. & Doadrio., I. (1990). Spanish barbel hybridizat.ion detected using enzymatic markers: Barbus meridionalis Risso X Barbus haasi Menens (Osteichthyes, Cyprinidae). Aquatic Living Resources 3(4): 295-303