Dictionary of Ichthyology
barbel = a slender fleshy process located close to the mouth, usually possessing tactile and/or gustatory sense, and useful in identification, e.g. in Acipenseridae, Gadidae, Ictaluridae, Cyprinidae, Clariidae
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| barbel = a slender fleshy process located close to the mouth, usually possessing tactile and/or gustatory sense, and useful in identification, e.g. in Acipenseridae, Gadidae, Ictaluridae, Cyprinidae, Clariidae |
| Heterobranchus bidorsalis, a clariid, from Boulenger's "Fishes of the Nile". Photograph by Brian W. Coad.....more |