Barbel

A fresh water fish  frequently borne in heraldry but, although quite straight, is generally depicted embowed like the dolphin. It has barbs attached to its mouth to enable it to catch its food and is blazoned, e.g. Gules a barbel crowned or*.

*Arms of Flaminio Balbiano, Grand Prior of Messina and Admiral of the Order of St John,                                                                                                                                                        

 found in Valletta, Malta on the arcades of the Upper Barracca Gardens which he erected in 1661.