#2103 · 🐟 fish
Stone Loach
🇳🇱 Bermpje ·Barbatula barbatula
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what is it?
The stone loach ( Barbatula barbatula ) is a species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the Nemacheilidae family. It is one of seventeen species in the genus Barbatula .
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 38 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #31 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 1,298 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Stone Loach
- Nederlands
- Bermpje
- scientific name
- Barbatula barbatula
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Cypriniformes
- family
- Nemacheilidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 38
- sightings in Europe
- 1,052
- sightings worldwide
- 1,298
- GBIF records in NL
- 17,994
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 95099, Wikidata Q502228, GBIF 5204862, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.