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Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (…

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  1. n. Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.
  2. n. slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
  3. Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of the genera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or more barbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. The common European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.
  4. Any one of several small, fresh-water, cyprinoid fishes of thegenera Cobitis, Nemachilus, and allied genera, having six or morebarbules around the mouth. They are found in Europe and Asia. Thecommon European species (N. barbatulus) is used as a food fish.
  5. n. slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes