| Common name | Barbel drum |
| Language | English |
| Type | AFS |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 1 - (Legal common name (unique)) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott, 1991 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | behavior |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'barbel', from Latin 'barba', i.e., beard, via Old French 'barbe'; refers to the sensitive whisker-like projections round the mouth (Ref. 11979); 'drum' probably from Dutch 'trom'; akin to Middle High German 'trumme', i.e., drum (Ref. 27888). |