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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae Minnows or carps
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Barbus

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36 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Barbus balcanicus Danube barbel Europe 17.5 SL 2002
Barbus barbus Barbel Europe 120 TL 1758
Barbus bergi Europe and Asia 29 SL 1935
Barbus biharicus Biharian barbel Europe 11.5 SL 2016
Barbus borysthenicus Europe. 1862
Barbus caninus Europe 25 SL 1839
Barbus carottae Europe 13.4 SL 1998
Barbus carpathicus Europe 27 SL 2002
Barbus ciscaucasicus Terek barbel Europe and Asia 50 SL 1877
Barbus cyclolepis Round-scaled barbell Europe and Asia 30 TL 1837
Barbus cyri Asia 33 TL 1865
Barbus euboicus Evia barbel Europe 18 SL 1950
Barbus fucini Europe 21.5 SL 1853
Barbus haasi Catalonian barbel Europe 30 TL 1925
Barbus karunensis Karun barbel Asia 15.4 SL 2017
Barbus kubanicus Kuban barbel Europe 62 SL 1912
Barbus lacerta Kura barbel Asia 37.5 TL 1843
Barbus lorteti Lortet’s barbell Asia 1882
Barbus macedonicus Europe 65 SL 1928
Barbus meridionalis Mediterranean barbel Europe 27 SL 1827
Barbus miliaris Asia 23.9 SL 1863
Barbus niluferensis Simav Barbel Asia 14.6 SL 2009
Barbus oligolepis Marmara barbel Asia 35 SL 1941
Barbus peloponnesius Europe 19 SL 1842
Barbus pergamonensis Europe 17 SL 1971
Barbus petenyi Europe 25 SL 1852
Barbus plebejus Europe 70 TL 1839
Barbus prespensis Europe 30 FL 1924
Barbus rebeli Euorpe 25 SL 1926
Barbus samniticus Europe 18.8 SL 2021
Barbus sperchiensis Europe 20 SL 1950
Barbus strumicae Europe 24 SL 1955
Barbus tauricus Crimean barbel Europe 70 SL 1877
Barbus thessalus Thessalian barbel Europe 34 TL 1971
Barbus tyberinus Europe 60 TL 1839
Barbus waleckii Europe 34 SL 1970



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013