Common barbel
(Barbus barbus)
General data
Scientific names:
Common barbel
Habitat:
Freshwater
Climates:
Temperate, Continental, Mountain
Native:
Europe
Distribution:
Garonne, Arno, Charente, Trent, Great Ouse, Rhine, Meuse (Maas), Dnieper, Oder, Elbe, Ems, Loire, River Severn, River Wye, Bristol Avon, River Ribble, River Tees, River Taff, River Ely, Vistula, Danube
The barbel is a slender, rather elongate fish with a thick-lipped, crescent-shaped mouth and four barbels, which it uses to search out fish, mollusks, and other food along the river bottom. The barbel is greenish and usually attains a length and weight of about 70-80 cm and 5-10 kg.
