His mouth was partially open, and the pale, writhing Barbels that surrounded his mouth seemed to reach out toward me.
"The Terror from the Depths"
Sewell Peaslee Wright
It has various kinds of fish, all having scales, some like our Barbels, as large as salmon.
"A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. VIII."
Robert Kerr
At its edge was the flutter of ospreys feasting on the Barbels and breams of the Jordan, which as they enter, die.
"Mary Magdalen"
Edgar Saltus