Brook barbel

Brook barbel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Barbinae
Genus:Barbus
Species: B. caninus
Binomial name
Barbus caninus
Bonaparte, 1839

The brook barbel (Barbus caninus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Italy and Switzerland.[2] Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat degradation and by competition from the introduced B. barbus and B. graellsi.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 A.J. Crivelli; P.G. Bianco (2006). "Barbus caninus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. e.T2592A9459989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T2592A9459989.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Barbus caninus" in FishBase. February 2016 version.


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