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Scientific Name	**Barbatula barbatula** (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name
Type Locality	Fresh waters of Europe and Asia.
Synonym(s)	Barbatula barbatula caucasica, Barbatula oreas, Barbatula sibirica, Cobitis barbatula, Cobitis barbatula parisiensis, Cobitis barbatula pictava, Cobitis barbatula pironae, Cobitis furstenbergii, Cobitis pironae, Cobitis spec, Cobitis variabilis, Nemacheilus barbatulus, Nemacheilus barbatulus anglicana, Nemacheilus barbatulus barbatulus, Nemacheilus barbatulus blackiana, Nemacheilus barbatulus caucasicus, Nemacheilus barbatulus erythrinna, Nemacheilus sibiricus, Nemachilus barbatulus, Nemachilus barbatulus caucasicus
Species Information
Size	210mm or 8.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Eurasia: widely distributed from Ireland (where it was introduced) across Europe (except in the Italian and Iberian peninsula) and Asia to China. Perhaps conspecific with Nemacheilus toni, the Siberian stone loach that ranges from Siberia to Japan.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2010.
Husbandry Information
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1, pp 303
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:58 (species record created: 2020 Nov 01 07:01)