Mediterranean barbel
📖 Overview
Adults inhabit upper and middle stretches of streams with fast, clear and well oxygenated water, as well as lowland areas where Barbus barbus is absent . A short-lived species which is found in clear waters over sand and gravel. They feed on small invertebrates and (rarely) plants. A combative fish which can be captured with bows or floating ling lines . Threatened due to water abstraction and pollution and habitat modification . In southern France, locally forms partly fertile hybrids with B. barbus. May attain a maximum size of about 27 cm SL .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 3 - 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7 - 9; Anal spines: 2 - 3; Anal soft rays: 5 - 6; Vertebrae: 34 - 35. Diagnosed from other species of Barbus and Luciobarbus in Apennine and Iberian Peninsulas and southern France by the following characters: 44-48 +2 scales on lateral line; 24-28 scale rows around caudal peduncle; head, back, sides and fins with large, irregular black dots; last simple dorsal ray not spinous, flexible, not serrated posteriorly; lower lip thick, with a median swollen pad . Caudal fin with 16-19 rays .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Mediterranean barbel is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Mediterranean barbel is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Mediterranean barbel is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; benthopelagic; potamodromous . Temperate; 5°C - 25°C ; 53°N - 36°N, 10°W - 29°E east some upper Tarn localities (Ref.
🌿 Ecology
small invertebrates and (rarely) plants
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Mediterranean barbel · Southern Barbel · Western Mediterranean barbel |
| 🌍BUL | Черна мряна |
| 🏳️Catalan | Barb de muntanya |
| 🌍CES | parmička středomořská |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Middelhavsbarbe |
| 🇩🇪German | Forellen-oder Hundsbarbe · Hundsbarbe · Semling |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Välimerenbarbi · rhônenbarbi |
| 🇫🇷French | Barbeau méridional · Barbeau truite · Barbeau truité, Barbeau méridional · Barbel · Drogan · Durgan · Tourgan · Truitat · Turquan |
| 🇭🇺Hungarian | Petényi márna |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Barbo canino · Barbo mediterraneo |
| 🇰🇷Korean | 지중해누치 |
| 🌍MKD | Crna mrena |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Mediterrane Barbeel |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Brzana poludniowa · Brzanka |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Barbo-do-Danúbio |
| 🌍RON | Câcruse · Jamla · Jumuga · Moioaga · Moita · Mreana de munte · Mreana de vale · Mreana patata · Mreana vânata |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Балканский усач |
| 🌍SLK | mrena karpatská |
| 🌍SLV | Pohra |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Barbo de Graells · Barbo de montaña |
| 🌍SQI | Barbuni · Mustak i lumit |
| 🌍SRP | Potocna mrena |
| 🌍UKR | Марена середземноморська |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbus meridionalis meridionalis | Risso | 1827 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 8 records indexed .
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