#2151 · 🐟 fish

Common Barbel

🇳🇱 Barbeel ·Barbus barbus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The common barbel , Barbus barbus , is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. It shares the common name 'barbel' with its many relatives in the genus Barbus , of which it is the type species. In Great Britain it is usually referred to simply as the barbel; similar names are used elsewhere in Europe, such as barbeau in France. The name derives from the four whiskerlike structures located at the corners of the fish's...

base stats

NL sightings 5iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,184iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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).