Sperchios Barbel
(Barbus sperchiensis)

Classification

Species: Barbus sperchiensis
Genus: Barbus - Barbel
Family: Cyprinidae - Carps
Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Sperchios Barbel
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Continental
Native: Europe
Distribution: Spercheios, Pineios (Thessaly)

Barbus sperchiensis is a disputed species of cyprinid fish in the genus Barbus. It is a freshwater fish endemic to the Sperchios river complex, Central Greece, also present in river Pinios.

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