 This large barbel is endemic to Spain, where it is known as barbo mediterraneo.This literally means "Mediterranean Barbel" in English, but that common name is usually applied to the closely related "Barbus meridionalis", of whose scientific name it is an equivalent.It occurs in rivers, lakes and reservoirs on the Mediterranean side of Spain, from the Mijares's to the Serpis River' drainage basins, and in the drainage basin of the upper Guadiana River.