FB-69509 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69509 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Siluriformes Sisoridae Exostoma Exostoma gaoligongense Chen, Poly, Catania & Jiang, 2017 2021-08-04 2021-08-04 Lorenzoni, M., A. Carosi, S. Quadroni, V. De Santis, I. Vanetti, G.B. Delmastro and S. Zaccara0 Cryptic diversity within endemic Italian barbels: revalidation and description of new <i>Barbus</i> species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). J. Fish Biol. 98(5):1433-1449. (Ref. 123793) IUCN0 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1964 - onwards. https://www.iucnredlist.org/ (Ref. 130435) FB-GeneralDescr-69519 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-13 00:00:00 2021-08-13 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69519 This species populates intermediate and hilly stretches of Apennine rivers together with other Italian species typical of the barbel zone: Sarmarutilus rubilio, Telestes muticellus and Squalius squalus (Ref. 123793). Lorenzoni, M., A. Carosi, S. Quadroni, V. De Santis, I. Vanetti, G.B. Delmastro and S. Zaccara 2021 Cryptic diversity within endemic Italian barbels: revalidation and description of new <i>Barbus</i> species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). J. Fish Biol. 98(5):1433-1449. (Ref. 123793) FB-DiagnosticDescr-69519 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-13 00:00:00 2021-08-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69519 This species is distinguished by the following characters: last unbranched dorsal-fin ray weakly ossified; superior margin of the dorsal fin is straight or slightly concave like other Italian fluviolacustrine barbels (some profile slightly convex); numerous small irregular-shaped black or dark-brown dots, smaller than scales that often form large, black or dark-brown spots on the back and flanks in juveniles and adults and this pigmentation is more evident in specimens living in clear water, whereas it tends to disappear in turbid environments; differs from all the other species by its greatest maximum height 20.4-25.1% SL (vs. 18.8%-24.9% SL in B. fucini, 19.0%-22.7% SL in B. tyberinus, 17.9%-22.7% SL in B. plebejus); differs from B. fucini by the shorter pre-orbital distance 8.2%-9.7% SL (vs. 7.9%-11.0% SL); differs from B. tyberinus and B. plebejus by having longer pectoral fins 17.1% - 20.6% (vs. 16.7%-19.8% and 15.7%-20.4% SL, respectively); longer ventral fin 12.4%-16.8% (vs. 11.0%-15.7% and 11.6%-15.3% SL) and caudal fins 12.5%16.4% (vs. 12.1%-14.7% and 12.1%-15.1% SL); differs from B. tyberinus in that it has longer lobes of the caudal fin upper: 21.2%-26.2% (vs. 19.1%-23.7% SL) and lower:19.8%-26.1% (vs. 19.5%-23.4% SL), a greater dorsal fin 14.6%-19.0% (vs. 13.7%-16.3% SL), a major presence of pigmentation and dots on scales and fins and a different dominant (orange) colour of the anal, dorsal and ventral fins; differs from B. plebejus by having fewer scales on 51-67 (vs. 58-71), above 10-13 (vs. 11-15) and under 7-9 (vs. 8-11) the lateral line, greater minimum height 10.2%-12.5% (vs. 9.3%-11.1%% SL), smaller fork depth 8.8% - 11.3% (vs. 9.1%-12.5% SL) and greater amount of body spots (Ref. 123793), Lorenzoni, M., A. Carosi, S. Quadroni, V. De Santis, I. Vanetti, G.B. Delmastro and S. Zaccara 2021 Cryptic diversity within endemic Italian barbels: revalidation and description of new <i>Barbus</i> species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). J. Fish Biol. 98(5):1433-1449. (Ref. 123793) FB-Distribution-69519 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-13 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69519 Europe: Italy. Lorenzoni, M., A. Carosi, S. Quadroni, V. De Santis, I. Vanetti, G.B. Delmastro and S. Zaccara 2021 Cryptic diversity within endemic Italian barbels: revalidation and description of new <i>Barbus</i> species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). J. Fish Biol. 98(5):1433-1449. (Ref. 123793) FB-TrophicStrategy-69519 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Patricia Sorongon-Yap 2024-12-07 00:00:00 2024-12-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ samniticus This species populates intermediate and hilly stretches of Apennine rivers together with other Italian species typical of the barbel zone: Sarmarutilus rubilio, Telestes muticellus and Squalius squalus (Ref. 123793). Lorenzoni, M., A. Carosi, S. Quadroni, V. De Santis, I. Vanetti, G.B. Delmastro and S. Zaccara 2021 Cryptic diversity within endemic Italian barbels: revalidation and description of new <i>Barbus</i> species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). J. Fish Biol. 98(5):1433-1449. (Ref. 123793) FB-Size-69519 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-13 00:00:00 2021-08-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69519 18.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 123793)) Lorenzoni, M., A. Carosi, S. Quadroni, V. De Santis, I. Vanetti, G.B. Delmastro and S. Zaccara 2021 Cryptic diversity within endemic Italian barbels: revalidation and description of new <i>Barbus</i> species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). J. Fish Biol. 98(5):1433-1449. (Ref. 123793) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-69519 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2021-08-13 00:00:00 2021-08-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=69519 benthopelagic; freshwater