barbel

The barbels on the lower jaw are small and difficult to see.

Many of these are located on the barbels near their mouths.

Their barbels are important for finding food, and thus remaining healthy.

It also has tiny barbels at the corners of the mouth.

They are distinguished by having barbels at the edge of the nostrils.

These fish have small eyes, wide mouths, and three pairs of barbels.

Barbels may also be nasal, or extended from the nostrils.

The prominent lower jaw has two barbels at its tip.

This is a transparent freshwater catfish with two long barbels.

These fish have three pairs of barbels, all similar in length and general appearance.

There are three pairs of barbels and the eyes are small.

Gravel with sharp edges will cut their barbels (until they are gone).

Barbels may be located in a variety of places.

There is one pair of maxillary barbels and two mental.

Uses its barbels to probe holes and force out prey.

They are called catfish because their barbels look like the whiskers of a cat.

They are also characterized wide mouth (same width as the head), small eyes, and short barbels.

These fish have, when they are present, a unique pair of maxillary barbels.

The barbels are believed to be sensory features to locate food sources.

They are bottom feeders and use the barbels around their mouth to detect food.

It has four barbels, used for sensing food, near its huge toothless mouth.

Barbels are present on the chin and the throat.

They have prominent and often elaborate barbels on their chins.

This variant is larger, has more vertical bars and longer barbels.

There are many sensitive barbels on the facial area.