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Cyprinidae
Iberian Barbel
Luciobarbus comizo
Fish Reaching Eighty Centimeters in European Waters
- Temperate
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Europe
- Elongated
- Large
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
LargeThe Iberian barbel (Luciobarbus comizo) is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is here placed in Luciobarbus following the IUCN, but that genus is very closely related to the other typical barbels and perhaps better considered a mere subgenus of Barbus. This large barbel can grow to over 50 cm (20 in) long.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Luciobarbus
- Maximum length
- 80 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Europe: Portugal and Spain in Tagus and Guadiana drainages. Extirpated in Guadalquivir drainage, Spain (Ref. 59043 ).
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
