Barbel
Barbus barbus
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The common barbel lives in European rivers. It prefers fast stretches with gravel bottoms — the so-called 'barbel zone' — where it searches the bottom for food with its four barbels. Its eggs are poisonous. It can reach 1.2 metres.
- Scientific name
- Barbus barbus
- Family
- Cyprinidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Barbus barbus barbus, Barbus barbus borysthenicus, Barbus barbus gallicus, Barbus communis, Barbus fluviatilis, Barbus fluviatilis alba, Barbus fluviatilis aurata, Barbus fluviatilis borysthenicus, Barbus fluviatilis tyrasensis, Barbus mayori, Barbus microphthalmus, Barbus vulgaris, Cyprinus barba, Cyprinus barbus
Origin
- Native region
- Europa, Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 10–24 °C
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 120 cm
- Lifespan
- 15 years
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Omnivore
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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