On my recent trip to the Barrow, while wading with the fly rod, I met this little creature. It is the Stone Loach ( Barbatula barbatula)
Stone Loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowing water where they can search for food. The most distinctive feature of this fish is the presence of barbels around the bottom jaw, which they use to detect their invertebrate prey. The body is a mixture of brown, green and yellow.
A common fish in clear rivers and streams with gravel and sandy bottoms. This is most likely in upland areas but also chalk streams. They live on the bottom, often partly buried, and they are particularly active at night-( Wiki)
I was lucky enough to take a few photos of this small fella.
Report by David
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