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Barbus meridionalis in Belarus
Mediterranean barbel

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Barbus meridionalis   Risso, 1827
Family:	Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)			picture (Bamer_u0.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Mediterranean barbel
Max. size:	25.3 cm FL (female); max. published weight: 200 g (Ref. 30578)
Environment:	benthopelagic
Climate:	temperate; 5 - 25°C; 53°N - 36°N
Global Importance:	fisheries: subsistence fisheries
Resilience:	Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (K=0.14; Fec=669)
Distribution:	Europe: borders of France and Spain in the West to Romania, Ukraine and Poland in the East. Sub-species recognized (Ref. 683): Barbus meridionalis graellsii found in southern France and central and northern Spain (now recognized as species (Ref. 13696)). The Italian populations now recognized as Barbus caninus (Ref. 13696). Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna).
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 3-4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-9; Anal spines: 2-3; Anal soft rays: 5-6; Vertebrae: 34-35. Caudal fin with 16-19 rays (Ref. 2196).
Biology:	A short-lived species which is found in clear waters over sand and gravel. Feeds on small invertebrates and (rarely) plants. A combative fish which can be captured with bows or floating ling lines (Ref. 30578). Reproduction takes place from March to June. Is threatened due to water abstraction and pollution (Ref. 26100). In southern France, locally forms partly fertile hybrids with B. barbus (Ref. 59043)
Threatened:	, (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Muus, B.J.. 1978. (Ref. 42)
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Belarus country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bo.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Blanc, M., J.-L. Gaudet, P. Banarescu and J.-C. Hureau, 1971
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	Entered:  Reyes, Rodolfo B.

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