Chub is a common fish name. It pertains to any one of a number of

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

in several families and general. In the UK, the term ''chub'' usually refers to the species ''

Squalius cephalus ''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 freq ...

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sea chub The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as ''enenue'' or ''nenue'', are a family, Kyphosidae, (from Greek, ''kyphos'' = hump) of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans u ...

In family
Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...

* Bigeye chub, genus ''

Hybopsis ''Hybopsis'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. This fishes in this genus are found in North America. Species ''Hybopsis'' contains the following species: * '' Hybopsi ...

'' * Creek chub, genus ''

Semotilus ''Semotilus'' is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the common creek chub, ''S. atromaculatus''. The creek chub species of minnows can ...

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Fallfish The fallfish (''Semotilus corporalis'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae. The fallfish is the largest minnow species native to Eastern North America. Description Average specimens generally measure about in ...

, genus ''

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European chub ''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 freq ...

, genus ''

Squalius ''Squalius'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family (biology), family Leuciscidae, the daces, Eurasian minnows and reklated fishes. The fishies in this genus are found in Europe and Asia. Hybrid (biology), Hybridization ...

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Flame chub The flame chub (''Hemitremia flammea'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This fish is found only in the United States. Its range broad ...

, ''Hemitremia flammea'' (a monotypic genus) * Flathead chub, genus ''

Platygobio The flathead chub (''Platygobio gracilis'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Platygobio''.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. ...

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Hornyhead chub The hornyhead chub (''Nocomis biguttatus'') is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. It mainly inhabits small rivers and streams of the northern central USA, up into Canada. The adults ...

, genus ''

Nocomis ''Nocomis'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. The fishes in this genus are found in North America. Species ''Nocomis'' contains teh following valid species: * '' Nocomi ...

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Lake chub The lake chub (''Couesius plumbeus'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. This fish is found in Canada and in parts of the United State ...

, genus ''Couesius'' *

Least chub The least chub (''Iotichthys phlegethontis'') is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes, formerly classified as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae, whic ...

, ''Iotichthys phlegethontis'' (a monotypic genus) * Leatherside chub, ''Snyderichthys copei'' (a monotypic genus) * Oregon chub, genus ''

Oregonichthys ''Oregonichthys'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. Collectively known as Oregon chubs, that term can also refer to ''O. crameri'' in particular. Species ''Oregonichthys'' cont ...

'' * Ponto-Caspian chub, genus ''

Petroleuciscus ''Petroleuciscus'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. It was usually included in ''Leuciscus'' until recently. This genus unites the Ponto- ...

'' * Slender chub, genus ''

Erimystax ''Erimystax'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish elonging to the family Leuciscidae Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes, formerly classified as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae, which contains the true minnows. Mem ...

'' * Western chub, genus '' Gila'' (including ''Siphateles'') * Genus ''

Algansea ''Algansea'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, distributed in the Lerma River, Lerma–Lake Chapala, Chapala–Grande de Santiago River, Grande de Santiago, Lake Pátzcuaro, Pátzcuaro, Armería River, Armería, Ameca River ...

'' * Genus ''

Notropis ''Notropis'' is a genus of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish in the family (biology), family Leuciscidae, the shiners, daces and minnows. They are known commonly as eastern shiners.

In other families

Sea chub The sea chubs, also known as rudderfish and pilot fish and in Hawaiian as ''enenue'' or ''nenue'', are a family, Kyphosidae, (from Greek, ''kyphos'' = hump) of fishes in the order Perciformes native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans u ...

, the family ''Kyphosidae'' * ''

Coregonus artedi ''Coregonus artedi'', commonly known as the cisco, is a North American species of freshwater whitefish in the family (biology), family Salmonidae. The number of species and definition of species limits in North American cisco (fish), ciscoes is a ...

'', commonly known as cisco, lake herring, chub * ''

Coregonus hoyi ''Coregonus hoyi'', also known as the bloater, is a species or form of freshwater whitefish in the family Salmonidae. It is a silvery-coloured herring-like fish, long. It is found in most of the Great Lakes and in Lake Nipigon, and inhabits und ...

'', commonly known as bloater, and sometimes thought to be a type of ''Coregonus artedi'' *

Tautog The tautog (''Tautoga onitis''), also known as the blackfish, is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to South Carolina. This species inhabits hard substrate habitats in inshore waters at depths from . It is ...

or black porgy * Bermuda chub, ''

Centrolophus niger The black ruff (''Centrolophus niger'') is a medusafish, the only member of the genus ''Centrolophus''. It is a pelagic fish found in all tropical and temperate oceans at depths of . Its length is typically up to , but it may reach . Other comm ...

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Chub mackerel The chub mackerel, Pacific mackerel, or Pacific chub mackerel (''Scomber japonicus'') is a species of fish in the tuna and mackerel family, Scombridae. This species of mackerel closely resembles the Atlantic chub mackerel. Characteristics The ...

In family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...

See also

In family
Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...