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Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps) > Barbinae
Etymology: Barbus: Latin, barbus = barbel (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Sir Charles Alfred Payton (1843–1926) was a British adventurer, writer, fisherman and diplomat who was British Consul to Morocco, where this barb is found. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bonaparte.
Environnement : milieu / zone climatique / profondeur / gamme de distribution
Écologie
; eau douce benthopélagique; potamodrome (Ref. 51243). Temperate; 47°N - 37°N, 7°E - 19°E
Europe: Adriatic basin from Tronto to Krka drainages(Italy, Switzerland, Slovenia and Croatia). Introduced to Tyrrhenian slope of central Italy.
Longueur à la première maturité / Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturité: Lm 14.8, range 14 - 15.95 cm
Max length : 70.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 31730); poids max. publié: 6.0 kg (Ref. 31730)
Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 8. Diagnosed from its congeners in Apennine Peninsula and Adriatic Sea basin by the following characters: lateral line with 58-77 + 3-4 scales; back plain and sides finely dotted in individuals larger than 15 cm SL: paired fins tinged with grey but without conspicuous spots; peritoneum white; last simple dorsal ray feebly spinous, flexible, finely serrated posteriorly; and lower lip with a median lobe (Ref. 59043).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.
A long-lived species which inhabits running waters of the hill and lowland zones of rivers (Ref. 26100). Also occurs in lakes. Feeds on benthic invertebrates, small fish and algae (Ref. 59043). Threatened by overfishing (Ref. 26100).
Cycle de vie et comportement reproducteur
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
"Males assemble at spawning grounds and follow ripe females, often with much splashing, to shallow rifles. Females deposit non-sticky eggs into excavations made in gravel" (Ref. 59043).
Bianco, P.G., 1995. Mediterranean endemic freshwater fishes of Italy. Biol. Conserv. 72:159-170. (Ref. 12291)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial; pêche sportive: oui
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Estimations basées sur des modèles
Indice de diversité phylogénétique (Réf. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
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Bayesian length-weight
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a=0.00891 (0.00526 - 0.01511), b=2.94 (2.80 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
Niveau trophique (Réf. 69278) |
3.4 ±0.51 se; based on food items. |
Résilience (Réf. 120179) |
Milieu, temps minimum de doublement de population : 1,4 à 4,4 années (tm=2-4; Fec=1,052-8,445). |
Vulnérabilité de la pêche (Ref. 59153) |
Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100). 🛈 |
Catégorie de prix (Ref. 80766) |
Unknown.
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