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, Danube, River Severn, River Wye, Bristol Avon, River Ribble, River Tees, River Taff, River Ely, Vistula, Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway)
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.
