Barbus haasi
| Barbus haasi | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Barbus |
| Species: | B. haasi |
| Binomial name | |
| Barbus haasi Mertens, 1925 | |
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Barbus haasi, or the "Catalonian barbel" (barbo colirrojo or barbo de cola roja in Spanish), is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family.
It is a small size barbel found only in the northeast of the Iberian peninsula.[1] Morphologically it is similar to Barbus bocagei, but it is smaller and rarely reaches sizes longer than 20 cm.
Its natural habitats are rivers and inland karsts in all Ebro basin, but mainly in inner Catalonia, especially in the Bages comarca area.
The species is threatened by habitat loss and the introduction of non-native species like the pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus).
See also
- Luciobarbus bocagei, a more common and abundant related species.
References
- Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Barbus haasi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Picture
- Threatened fishes of the world:Barbus haasi (Mertens 1925) (Cyprinidae) EBSCO host