Stone loach: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the stone loach lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Barbatula barbatula
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Balitoridae

Where does the stone loach live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the stone loach in 11 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the stone loach endangered?

The stone loach’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the stone loach?

The stone loach (Barbatula barbatula) is a ray-finned fish in the order Cypriniformes and the family Balitoridae, genus Barbatula. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the stone loach

The stone loach (Barbatula barbatula) is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of 33 species in the genus Barbatula. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowing water where they can search for food. The most distinctive feature of this small fish is the presence of barbels around the bottom jaw, which they use to detect their invertebrate prey. The body is a mixture of brown, green and yellow.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Stone loach (revision 1368492159), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q502228 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).