However, look at that long nose, big barbels hanging off the protracted snout and you know you're after the real thing. |
There are four barbels in front of the mouth that are used to direct food towards the mouth. |
Red mullet search the sand in hordes, feeling for suitable small animals with their long barbels. |
Sturgeon species are noted by a spindle-shaped body with five rows of bony scutes and a long snout with sensory barbels. |
They are committed bottom-grubbers, with drooping shoulders, dour expressions, and unfortunate barbels, or chin whiskers. |
The epaulette shark's slender body is slightly flattened with a rounded snout, two short nasal barbels, and large spiracles. |