loach

Any of various Eurasian and African freshwater fishes of the family Cobitidae and related families of the order Cypriniformes, having barbels around the mouth.

A small European fish, Cobitis (Nemachilus) barbatula, of the family Cobitidæ; hence, any fish of that family.

A European fresh-water gadoid fish, the burbot or eel-pout, Lota maculosa. See cut under burbot.

A simpleton.

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 (Nemachilus barbatulus) is used as a food fish.

A bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Cobitidae.

slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes