Author: Kessler, 1877
FBname: Crimean barbel
Comments: Occurs from mountain streams with strong current to brackish estuaries, preferring river stretches at 100-600 m above sea level.  Spawns on gravel or rock bottom.  Feeds mainly on zoobenthos. Threatened due pollution and water abstraction.  Water abstraction is expected to increase in all streams of Crimea (Ref. 59043).