Barbus haasi

Barbus haasi, or the Catalonian barbel or redtail barb^[1] Catalan: barb cua-roig; Spanish: barbo colirrojo or barbo de cola roja), is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.

Barbus haasi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Barbus
Species:	B. haasi
Binomial name
Barbus haasi Mertens, 1925
Synonyms
Messinobarbus haasi (Mertens, 1925)

It is a small size barbel found only in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula.^[2] Morphologically it is similar to Barbus bocagei, but it is smaller and rarely reaches sizes longer than 20 cm (8 in)

Its natural habitats are rivers and inland karsts in all the basin, but mainly in inner Catalonia, especially in the Bages comarca area.

The species is threatened by habitat loss and the introduction of non-native species such as the pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) and the Wels catfish (Silurus glanis).^[3][4]

See also

• Luciobarbus bocagei, a more common and abundant related species.