# Barbus carpathicus

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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn | author = Freyhof, J. |author-link=Jörg Freyhof |year=2024 |title=''Barbus carpathicus'' |article-number=e.T135584A137228007 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T135584A137228007.en |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref>
| taxon = Barbus carpathicus
| display_parents = 3
| authority = [Kotlík](/source/species%3APetr_Kotl%C3%ADk), [Tsigenopoulos](/source/Constantinos_S._Tsigenopoulos), [Ráb](/source/Petr_R%C3%A1b) & [Berrebi](/source/Patrick_Berrebi), 2002
}}

'''''Barbus carpathicus''''', the '''Carpathian barbel''', is a species of freshwater [ray-finned fish](/source/Actinopterygii) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Cyprinidae](/source/Cyprinidae), the family which includes the carps, barbels and related fishes. This fish is found in the drainage system of the [Danube](/source/Danube) in Europe.

==Taxonomy==
''Barbus carpathicus'' was first formally [described](/source/Species_description) in 2007 by [Petr Kotlík](/source/Petr_Kotl%C3%ADk), [Constantinos S. Tsigenopoulos](/source/Constantinos_S._Tsigenopoulos), [Petr Ráb](/source/Petr_R%C3%A1b) and [Patrick Berrebi](/source/Patrick_Berrebi) with its [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) given as the [Ublianka River](/source/Ublianka_River), a tributary of [Uzh River](/source/Uzh_River) in the Danube River basin at [Ubla](/source/Ub%C4%BEa) in Slovakia at 48°53'N, 22°23'E.<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Barbus|access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> The Carpathian barb is a species within the genus ''[Barbus](/source/Barbus)'' which is the [type genus](/source/type_genus) of the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Barbinae](/source/Barbinae) within the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Cyprinidae](/source/Cyprinidae).<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Barbinae|access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref> 

==Etymology==
''Barbus carpathicus'' is classified in the genus ''Barbus'', the name of which is the Latin for "beard". The [specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)) ''carpathicus'' means belonging to the [Carpathian Mountains](/source/Carpathian_Mountains), this species is endemic to the northwestern Carpathians.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web |url=https://etyfish.org/barbinae/ |title=Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily BARBINAE Bleeker 1859 (Barbels) |date=7 April 2024 |access-date=5 April 2025 |author=Christopher Scharpf |work=The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database |publisher=Christopher Scharpf}}</ref>

==Identification==
''Barbus carpathicus'' is distinguished from other ''Barbus'' species in the Danube basis by a combination of the following characteristics: the last unbranched fin ray of the [dorsal fin](/source/dorsal_fin) is not well developed, without serration on its rear edge and has segments along its length; the lower lip is thick with a lobe in the middle, there are between 8 and 11 rows of scales between the [lateral line](/source/lateral_line) and the origin of the dorsal fin and between 8 and 11 between the lateral line and the origin of the pelvic fin; the top of the head is unmarked, there are very few small, or no, spots on the cheek or [operculum](/source/Operculum_(fish)); the pelvic and pectoral fins are unspotted with little or no pigment in the rays which do not have any dark barring; the body is largely unmarked with indistinct dots and blotches; the [caudal fin](/source/caudal_fin) is unspotted or has small spots. These characteristics are, however, of little use in distinguishing this species from the [Danube barbel](/source/Danube_barbel) (''B. balcanicus'') and [Romanian barbel](/source/Romanian_barbel) (''B. petenyi'') in the field because this species is mainly differentiated by [mitochondrial DNA](/source/mitochondrial_DNA).<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Barbus|carpathicus|month=February|year=2025}}</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==
''Barbus carpathicus'' is native to eastern Eutropwhere it is found in the [Tisza](/source/Tisza) river system in the Danube drainage, the [Hron](/source/Hron) to the [Someș](/source/Some%C8%99) riverss, the Upper [Vistula](/source/Vistula) drainage as far downstream as the [Pilica](/source/Pilica_(river)) tributary system. It is also found in the [Wierzyca](/source/Wierzyca) tributary system on the lower Vistula drainage and in the upper [Dniester](/source/Dniester) drainage. The Carpathian barbel has been recorded from Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Romania and Ukraine.It is found in premontane and montane streams and small rivers with gravel bottoms where there is a swift to moderate current, in the summer it is commonest in shallow rapids and riffles during summer but moves to deeper spots in the winter.<ref name = iucn/>

== References ==
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