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Leuciscus chub

Source-backed taxonomic record

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.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Leuciscus chub
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Leuciscus
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
  13. genusLeuciscus Cuvier, 1816
  14. speciesLeuciscus chub

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Leuciscus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Leuciscus chuanchicus (Kessler, 1876)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leuciscus lehmanni Brandt, 1852CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leuciscus burdigalensis Valenciennes, 1844CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leuciscus gaderanus Günther, 1899CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leuciscus oxyrrhis (La Blanchère, 1873)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leuciscus merzbacheri (Zugmayer, 1912)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leuciscus waleckii (Dybowski, 1869)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leuciscus lindbergi Zanin & Eremejev, 1934CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leuciscus schmidti (Herzenstein, 1896)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Leuciscus bergi Kashkarov, 1925CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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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.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=298222 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:KVGFF. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.