Italian Barbel

Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes.

The Italian Barbel (Barbus plebejus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Croatia, Italy, Slovenia and Switzerland. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN. More

Italian barbel and Italian freshwater goby are on the slow increase. For the last two decades, the Ajdovščina Angling Society has been giving special attention to the breeding and restocking of the watercourses with the marble trout and preserving its originality. More

Order : Cypriniformes
Family : Cyprinidae
Genus : Barbus
Species : Barbus plebejus
Authority : Bonaparte, 1839