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Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chub
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United Kingdom country information

Common names: Chub, Chub, Twb y dail
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Native to UK but introduced to Loch Lomond (Ref. 32684). Also feed on worms, mollusks, crustaceans, and various insect larvae; large chub eat considerable numbers of small fish, such as chub, eels, dace, roach, gudgeon and minnows; also frogs, crayfish, voles and young water birds (Ref. 6258). Pale yellow eggs are found attached to gravel, weed and stones in flowing water (Ref. 41678). Also Ref. 6258, 90052.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Pinder, A.C., 2001
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Голавль, European chub, European chub, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology:   More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Leuciscus orientalis Nordmann, 1840 is considered valid in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. May 2011: Ref. 86870). This is allocated to Squalius in Ref. 84537, a valid name, but secondary homonym Squalius orientalis Heckel, 1847 needs a replacement name.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.0 - 7.8; dH range: 8 - 25; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - ? m.   Temperate; 4°C - 20°C (Ref. 2059); 64°N - 35°N, 10°W - 60°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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