Barbel
Barbus barbus
Also known as: Common Barbel, European Barbel, River Barbel
- Common Barbel
- European Barbel
- River Barbel
Overview
Found in schools, occasionally in lakes, but usually over gravel bottoms, hiding under overhanging trees and bridges during the day, dispersing at night to feed, in lowland reaches of clear, warm, medium sized rivers, with fast currents.
Juveniles found in very shallow bottoms of shorelines.
Widespread Europe
Very common in the aquarium trade.
Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws.
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
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Found in schools, occasionally in lakes, but usually over gravel bottoms, hiding under overhanging trees and bridges during the day, dispersing at night to feed, in lowland reaches of clear, warm, medium sized rivers, with fast currents.
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