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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| 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'' |pages=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 = [[Petr Kotlík|Kotlík]], [[Constantinos S. Tsigenopoulos|Tsigenopoulos]], [[Petr Ráb|Ráb]] & [[Patrick Berrebi|Berrebi]], 2002
}}

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

==Taxonomy==
''Barbus carpathicus'' was first formally [[Species description|described]] in 2007 by [[Petr Kotík]], [[Constantinos S. Tsigenopoulos]], [[Petr Ráb]] and [[Patrick Berrebi]] with its [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] given as the [[Ublianka River]], a tributary of [[Uzh River]] in the Danube River basin at [[Ubľa|Ubla]] 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]]'' which is the [[type genus]] of the [[subfamily]] [[Barbinae]] within the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[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 (zoology)|specific name]] ''carpathicus'' means belonging to the [[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]] 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]] 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 (fish)|operculum]]; 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]] is unspotted or has small spots. These characteristics are, however, of little use in distinguishing this species from the [[Danube barbel]] (''B. balcanicus'') and [[Romanian barbel]] (''B. petenyi'') in the field because this species is mainly differentiated by [[mitochondrial DNA]].<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Barbus|carpathicus|month=February|2025}}</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==
''Barbus carpathicus'' is native to eastern Eutropwhere it is found in the [[Tisza]] river system in the Danube drainage, the [[Hron]] to the [[Someș]] riverss, the Upper [[Vistula]] drainage as far downstream as the [[Pilica (river)|Pilica]] tributary system. It is also found in the [[Wierzyca]] tributary system on the lower Vistula drainage and in the upper [[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 ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{FishBase|Barbus|carpathicus}}

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[[Category:Barbus|carpathicus]]
[[Category:Cyprinid fish of Europe]]
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Barbus carpathicus - Revision history

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