Brook barbel

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Brook barbel
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Barbus
Species:
B. caninus
Binomial name
Barbus caninus
Bonaparte, 1839
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The brook barbel (Barbus caninus') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Italy and Switzerland. [2] Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat degradation and by competition from the introduced B. barbus and B. graellsi . [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Crivelli, A.J.; Bianco, P.G. (2006). "Barbus caninus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T2592A9459989. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T2592A9459989.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Barbus caninus" in FishBase . February 2016 version.