Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Cyprinidae Scientific name Barbus waleckii | Phylum Chordata Order Cypriniformes Genus Barbus Rank Species | |
Similar Barbus tauricus, Dnieper barbel, Azov shemaya, Romanian barbel, Rhynchocypris percnurus | ||
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.
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