barbel

As she grows, her eyes recede, and she blossoms huge teeth, rows of light-producing organs lining the body, and a barbel, a whisker-like chin projection.

Dragonfish have “luminous barbels swinging from their chins”; a Pacific sleeper shark possesses “a body as brindled as old granite.”

There were also "quite a few" larger dead specimens including chub, barbel and brown trout that had been seen.

At Dianchi authorities are also trying to reintroduce more golden line barbel, a fish native to the lake almost wiped out by pollution and invasive species.

Catfish are aquatic animals known for their barbels that look like whiskers around their lips.