chub
Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
European chub on exhibition Subaqueous Vltava, Prague 2011, Czech Republic
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Open encyclopedia reference
Squalius cephalus, the common chub, European chub or simply chub, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This species is found in Europe where it frequents both slow and moderate rivers, as well as canals, lakes and still waterbodies of various kinds.
Wikipedia contributors, Squalius cephalus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:21:41.693791+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- chub
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Squalius
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusSqualius Bonaparte, 1837
- speciesSqualius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Squalius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Squalius malacitanus Doadrio & Carmona, 2006 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius microlepis Heckel, 1843 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius moreoticus (Stephanidis, 1971) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius lepidus Heckel, 1843 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius pamvoticus (Stephanidis, 1939) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius recurvirostris Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2011 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius pursakensis (Hankó, 1925) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius cii (Richardson, 1857) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius pyrenaicus (Günther, 1868) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius castellanus Doadrio, Perea & Alonso, 2007 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius fellowesii (Günther, 1868) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Squalius illyricus Heckel & Kner, 1858 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282855 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:6ZDRX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.