Where does the Stone Loach live?
Barbatula barbatula has 714,744 records in 38 countries and territories, from 1793 to 2026. Most records come from France.
- 714,744 records
- 38 places
- 136 years recorded
- โ class
AnimaliaChordataCypriniformesNemacheilidaeBarbatula
When it is recorded
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Peak month: September. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.
Records over time
17932026
Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.
Where it is recorded
| Place | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| France | 609,047 | |
| Belgium | 42,025 | |
| United Kingdom | 19,764 | |
| Netherlands | 17,958 | |
| Germany | 15,088 | |
| Poland | 2,916 | |
| Sweden | 2,881 | |
| Austria | 810 | |
| Russia | 794 | |
| Luxembourg | 793 | |
| Spain | 492 | |
| Ukraine | 376 | |
| Italy | 247 | |
| Finland | 210 | |
| Switzerland | 203 | |
| Ireland | 179 | |
| Denmark | 162 | |
| Japan | 157 | |
| Lithuania | 139 | |
| Slovenia | 112 | |
| Czechia | 88 | |
| Serbia | 57 | |
| Croatia | 43 | |
| Romania | 40 | |
| Slovakia | 27 | |
| Latvia | 26 | |
| Bulgaria | 21 | |
| Estonia | 17 | |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 14 | |
| Hungary | 13 | |
| China | 11 | |
| Belarus | 7 | |
| Mongolia | 6 | |
| Greece | 5 | |
| North Macedonia | 5 | |
| Kosovo | 5 | |
| Montenegro | 3 | |
| Turkmenistan | 3 |
Related animals
Others in the family Nemacheilidae.
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.
Recorded across many years and months โ an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.