Author: Risso, 1827
FBname: Mediterranean barbel
Comments: Inhabits upper and middle stretches of streams with fast, clear and well oxygenated water, as well as lowland areas where <i>Barbus barbus</i> is absent (Ref. 59043).  A short-lived species which is found in clear waters over sand and gravel.  Feeds on small invertebrates and (rarely) plants.  A combative fish which can be captured with bows or floating ling lines (Ref. 30578).  Threatened due to water abstraction and pollution (Ref. 26100) and habitat modification (Ref. 59043).  In southern France, locally forms partly fertile hybrids with <i>B. barbus</i>.  Attains a maximum size of about 27 cm SL (Ref. 59043).