Wikipedia / Barbatula
Wikipedia / Barbatula
Barbatula is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae native to Europe and Asia. 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.
Barbatula formerly included many more species, but these have been moved to other genera, notably Oxynoemacheilus.
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:
Barbatula barbatula (Linnaeus, 1758) (Stone loach)
Barbatula caucasica (Berg, 1898)
Barbatula conilobus Prokofiev, 2016
Barbatula dgebuadzei (Prokofiev, 2003)
Barbatula dsapchynensis Prokofiev, 2016
Barbatula emuensis H. Chen, H. Zhang, Y. Chen & Freyhof, 2019
Barbatula fluvicola Calegari, Freyhof, Waldock, Wegscheider, Josi, Rüber & Seehausen, 2025
Barbatula gibba L. Cao, Causse & E. Zhang, 2012
Barbatula golubtsovi (Prokofiev, 2003)
Barbatula hispanica (Lelek, 1987)
Barbatula karabanowi Prokofiev, 2018
Barbatula leoparda Gauliard, Dettai, Persat, Keith & Denys, 2019
Barbatula liaoyangensis Chen, Zhang, Chen & Freyhof, 2019
Barbatula linjiangensis Chen, Zhang, Chen & Freyhof, 2019
Barbatula markakulensis (Men'shikov, 1939)
Barbatula nuda (Bleeker, 1864)
Barbatula ommata Calegari, Freyhof, Waldock, Wegscheider, Josi, Rüber & Seehausen, 2025
Barbatula oreas (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903)
Barbatula pechiliensis (Fowler, 1899)
Barbatula potaninorum (Prokofiev, 2007)
Barbatula restricta Prokofiev, 2015
Barbatula sawadai (Prokofiev, 2007)
Barbatula selengensis Prokofiev, 2024
Barbatula sturanyi (Steindachner, 1892)
Barbatula taurica (Kessler, 1877)
Barbatula tomiana (Ruzsky (ru), 1920)
Barbatula toni (Dybowski, 1869)
Barbatula vardarensis (Karaman, 1928)
Barbatula zetensis (Šorić, 2000)
Barbatula zhangwuensis Chen, Zhang, Chen & Freyhof 2019
Synonyms
Barbatula quignardi (Băcescu-Meşter, 1967); valid as B. barbatula
References