Barbatula

Barbatula
	Brook Loach ( Barbatula barbatula )
Systematics
Sub-cohort :	Ostariophysi
without rank:	Otophysa
Order :	Carp-like (Cypriniformes)
Subordination :	Loach- like (Cobitoidei)
Family :	Brook loaches (Nemacheilidae)
Genre :	Barbatula
Scientific name
	Barbatula
	Linck , 1790

Barbatula is a genus of benthic freshwater fish from the family of the brook loach (Nemacheilidae). The genus is native to Europe and Asia . Barbatula barbatula is common in large parts of Europe, while the occurrence of the other species is limited to much smaller areas. The genus contains the only European cave fish that was discovered in the Aachtopf in 2015.

features

The animals have a cylindrical, elongated body and small eyes that are located high up on the body. The mouth is below and surrounded by 6 barbels , with which they track down invertebrates living on the ground and on which they feed. The yellow body is more or less strongly marbled. In contrast to the genus Oxynoemacheilus , which also occurs in Europe , the tail fin ends at most slightly concave and is supported by 15-16 soft rays (17 in Oxynoemacheilus ).

species

There are currently 20 known species of the genus Barbatula , some of which have only been described in recent years:

Barbatula altayensis S. Q. Zhu , 1992
Barbatula barbatula ( Linnaeus , 1758)
Barbatula bergamensis Erk'Akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007
Barbatula compressirostris (Warpachowski, 1897)
Barbatula dgebuadzei ( Prokofiev , 2003)
Barbatula emuensis Chen et al., 2019
Barbatula farsica (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998)
Barbatula gibba Cao, Causse & Zhang, 2012
Barbatula golubtsovi ( Prokofiev , 2003)
Barbatula leoparda Gauliard et al., 2019
Barbatula liaoyangensis Chen et al., 2019
Barbatula linjiangensis Chen et al., 2019
Barbatula nuda ( Bleeker , 1864)
Barbatula potaninorum ( Prokofiev , 2007)
Barbatula quignardi ( Băcescu-Meşter , 1967)
Barbatula sawadai ( Prokofiev , 2007)
Barbatula sturanyi ( Steindachner , 1892)
Barbatula toni ( Dybowski , 1869)
Barbatula zetensis ( Šorić , 2000)
Barbatula zhangwuensis Chen et al., 2019

Web links

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↑ HF Linck: Attempt to divide the fish according to the teeth. In: Magazine for the latest in physics and natural history. Volume 6, Piece 3, 1790, pp. 28–38 ( digitized version )
↑ https://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/article163363722/Dieser-Fisch-ist-fuer-Biologen-eine-Sensation.html
↑ Maurice Kottelat, Jörg Freyhof: Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes . Ed .: Kottelat. Cornol, 2007, ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4 .
↑ Catalog of Life - 29th November 2018: Taxonomic tree. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Chen, H., Zhang, H., Chen, Y. & Freyhof, J. (2019): A review of the Barbatula loaches (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from north-eastern China, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa , 4565 (1): 1-36. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4565.1.1

[Link,_1790-1] HF Linck: Attempt to divide the fish according to the teeth. In: Magazine for the latest in physics and natural history. Volume 6, Piece 3, 1790, pp. 28–38 ( digitized version )

[2] ttps://www.welt.de/wissenschaft/article163363722/Dieser-Fisch-ist-fuer-Biologen-eine-Sensation.html

[Kottelat&Freyhof-3] Maurice Kottelat, Jörg Freyhof: Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes . Ed .: Kottelat. Cornol, 2007, ISBN 978-2-8399-0298-4 .

[4] Catalog of Life - 29th November 2018: Taxonomic tree. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .

[Chen2019-5] Chen, H., Zhang, H., Chen, Y. & Freyhof, J. (2019): A review of the Barbatula loaches (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from north-eastern China, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa , 4565 (1): 1-36. doi: 10.11646 / zootaxa.4565.1.1