Vistula barbel
Vistula barbel | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Barbus |
Species: | B. waleckii
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Binomial name | |
Barbus waleckii , 1970
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The Vistula barbel (Barbus waleckii) is a disputed species of European freshwater fish in the cyprinid genus Barbus.
It is often included in B. cyclolepis. More recently, it has been hypothesized to be a natural hybrid that originated from a common barbel (B. barbus) female mating with a Carpathian barbel (B. carpathicus) male. Nevertheless, the populations do not seem to represent first-generation hybrids. It is recorded or suspected from Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine.
Footnotes[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Barbus waleckii" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Barbus waleckii IUCN Red List v. 3.1, 2008
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Barbus
- Freshwater fish of Europe
- Fish described in 1970
- Barbus stubs