Vardar chub
Squalius vardarensis Karaman, 1928
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Squalius vardarensis, the Vardar chub, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. It is found in the Sperchios to Vardar drainages in Greece and Macedonia.
Wikipedia contributors, Squalius vardarensis; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:54:46.141089+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Squalius vardarensis Karaman, 1928
- Name authority
- Karaman, 1928
- Common name
- Vardar 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 vardarensis Karaman, 1928
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 |
| chubSqualius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Squalius cephalus vardarensis Karaman, 1928 Karaman, 1928 | synonym |
| Leuciscus cephalus vardarensis (Karaman, 1928) (Karaman, 1928) | synonym |
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.
- Karaman, S. (1928). Beiträge zur Ichthyologie von Jugoslavien I. Glasnik Skopskog Nauchnog Drustva [Glasnik -- Bulletin de La Société Scientifique de Skopje]., 6: 147–176. 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. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
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:6ZDSW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.