Barbatula | |
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Barbatula barbatula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: |
Barbatula H. F. Linck, 1790 |
Type species | |
Cobitis barbatula
Linnaeus, 1758
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Barbatula is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia. [2] [3] They are found in streams, rivers and lakes, and the genus also includes Europe's only cavefish, which only was discovered in the Danube– Aachtopf system in Germany in 2015. [4] [5]
Barbatula formerly included many more species, but these have been moved to other genera, notably Oxynoemacheilus. [2]
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus: [3]
Barbatula | |
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Barbatula barbatula | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: |
Barbatula H. F. Linck, 1790 |
Type species | |
Cobitis barbatula
Linnaeus, 1758
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Barbatula is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia. [2] [3] They are found in streams, rivers and lakes, and the genus also includes Europe's only cavefish, which only was discovered in the Danube– Aachtopf system in Germany in 2015. [4] [5]
Barbatula formerly included many more species, but these have been moved to other genera, notably Oxynoemacheilus. [2]
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus: [3]