Lamprehuela  (Cobitis paludica)

Description

This small bottom-dwelling fish, a member of the Cobitidae, or loach family (4), has an elongated, pale body patterned with dark spots (2). The head, also dotted with small spots, bears three pairs of barbels (fleshy projections) around the mouth (2), and a forked, erectile spine sits below each eye (2) (4). Male lamprehuela are smaller than females (2).

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