Vistula barbel
The Vistula barbel (Barbus waleckii) is a disputed species of European freshwater fish in the cyprinid genus Barbus.
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 |
Binomial name | |
Barbus waleckii Rolik, 1970 | |
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 and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Barbus waleckii" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- Barbus waleckii IUCN Red List v. 3.1, 2008
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