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Stone Loach

Barbatula barbatula

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A small, eel-like fish of clean, gravelly streams with six sensory barbels around its mouth. The stone loach hides under stones and emerges at night to feed, often overlooked due to its cryptic colouring and secretive habits.

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Quick Facts

Category
Fish
Latin name
Barbatula barbatula
IUCN Status
LC — Least Concern
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Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.