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Stone Loach

Barbatula barbatula

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,582, February 1,907, March 2,988, April 4,701, May 6,778, June 7,391, July 7,909, August 6,802, September 4,994, October 3,727, November 2,037, December 1,592.
United States53,409
Alaska53,409
United Kingdom165
England146
France115
Russia50
Poland48
Germany41
Occitanie39
Austria38

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyStone Loaches · Nemacheilidae
GenusBarbatula

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