| There are four barbels in front of the mouth that are used to direct food towards the mouth. |
| They are committed bottom-grubbers, with drooping shoulders, dour expressions, and unfortunate barbels, or chin whiskers. |
| White Sturgeon have been described as opportunistic feeders, feeding on the bottom with their long snouts and using their barbels to detect food. |
| Sturgeon species are noted by a spindle-shaped body with five rows of bony scutes and a long snout with sensory barbels. |
| Stout beardfish are associated with soft-bottom habitats, where they use their chin barbels to probe the sediments for food. |
| Red mullet search the sand in hordes, feeling for suitable small animals with their long barbels. |
