| Mediterranean Barbel | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbus |
| Species: | B. meridionalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Barbus meridionalis A. Risso, 1827 |
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The Mediterranean Barbel or Southern Barbel (Barbus meridionalis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in France and Spain, as well as Bulgaria where the Barbus meridionalis petenyi subspecies is also known as Balkan Barbus / Barbel (Балканска Мряна). It is one of the tastiest river fish, prized for its delicate texture and succulent flavor.
Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.