''Squalius'' is a
genus
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of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the
family
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Leuciscidae
Leuciscidae is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes, formerly classified as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae, which contains the true minnows.
Members of the Old World (OW) clade of minnows within this subfamily are known as European minnow ...
, the daces, Eurasian minnows and reklated fishes. The fishies in this genus are found in
Europe
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and
Asia
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.
ization is not rare in the Leuciscidae, including this genus. ''
S. alburnoides'' is known to be of ancient hybrid origin, with the
paternal lineage deriving from a
prehistoric
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species related to ''
Anaecypris''; the latter mated with ancestral ''
S. pyrenaicus''. Present-day ''S. alburnoides'' mates with
sympatric
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congeners of other
species
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.
[Collares-Pereira, M.J. & Coelho, M.M. (2010)]
Reconfirming the hybrid origin and generic status of the Iberian cyprinid complex ''Squalius alburnoides''.
''Journal of Fish Biology, 76 (3): 707–715.''
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Squalius adanaensis''
Turan, Kottelat & Doğan, 2013 (Adana chub)
* ''
Squalius agdamicus''
S. N. Kamensky, 1901
* ''
Squalius alburnoides''
( Steindachner, 1866) (Calandino)
* ''
Squalius albus''
( Bonaparte, 1838) (Trasimeno chub)
* ''
Squalius anatolicus''
( Bogutskaya, 1997) (Beyşehir chub)
* ''
Squalius aradensis''
( Coelho, Bogutskaya, Rodrigues & Collares-Pereira, 1998) (Arade chub)
* ''
Squalius aristotelis''
Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2011 (Tuzla chub)
* ''
Squalius berak''
Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian chub)
* ''
Squalius caetobrigus''
Mendes, Perea, Sousa, Sousa-Santos & Doadrio, 2024
* ''
Squalius cappadocicus''
Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2011
* ''
Squalius carinus''
Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2011 (Chocolate chub)
* ''
Squalius carolitertii''
(Doadrio, 1988) (Northern Iberian chub)
* ''
Squalius castellanus''
Doadrio, Perea & Alonso, 2007 (Gallo chub)
* ''
Squalius cephalus''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758) (Common chub)
* ''
Squalius cii''
( J. Richardson, 1857) (Marmara chub)
* ''
Squalius fellowesii''
( Günther, 1868) (Aegean chub)
* ''
Squalius gaditanus''
Doadrio, Sousa-Santos & Perea, 2023
* ''
Squalius illyricus''
Heckel & Kner, 1857
* ''
Squalius irideus''
( Ladiges, 1960) (Anatolian ghizani)
* ''
Squalius keadicus''
( Stephanidis, 1971)
* ''
Squalius kosswigi''
( M. S. Karaman ( sr), 1972)
* ''
Squalius kottelati''
Turan, Yılmaz Yılmaz () is a Turkish language, Turkish word that translates to “unyielding”, "unbeatable", or "brave", and is a common surname and occasional male given name. Its cognates are Almas (disambiguation) and Almaz (disambiguation).
Given name
* ...
& Kaya, 2009
* ''
Squalius laietanus''
Doadrio, Kottelat & de Sostoa, 2007 (Ebro chub)
* ''
Squalius latus''
Keyserling, 1861
* ''
Squalius lepidus''
Heckel, 1843 (Mesopotamian pike chub)
* ''
Squalius lucumonis''
( Bianco, 1983) (Etruscan chub)
* ''
Squalius malacitanus''
Doadrio & Carmona, 2006 (Malaga chub)
* ''
Squalius microlepis''
Heckel, 1843 (Imotski chub)
* ''
Squalius moreoticus''
(Stephanidis, 1971) (Stymphalia chub)
* ''
Squalius namak''
Khaefi, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh, Geiger & Freyhof, 2016
* ''
Squalius orientalis''
( Nordmann 1840)
* ''
Squalius orpheus''
Kottelat & Economidis, 2006 (Thracian chub)
* ''
Squalius palaciosi''
(Doadrio, 1980) (Bogardillo)
* ''
Squalius pamvoticus''
(Stephanidis, 1939) (Pamvotis chub)
* ''
Squalius peloponensis''
(Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
, 1844) (Peloponnese chub)
* ''
Squalius platyceps''
Zupančič, Marić, Naseka & Bogutskaya, 2010
* ''
Squalius prespensis''
( Fowler, 1977) (Prespa chub)
* ''
Squalius pursakensis''
( Hankó ( hu), 1925) (Sakarya chub)
* ''
Squalius pyrenaicus
''Squalius pyrenaicus'' , the Southern Iberian chub or Tagus chub, is a species of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fish belonging to the family (biology), family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. Th ...
''
( Günther, 1868) (Southern Iberian chub)
* ''
Squalius recurvirostris''
Özuluğ & Freyhof, 2011 (Akşehir chub)
* ''
Squalius ruffoi''
(Bianco & Recchia, 1983)
* ''
Squalius semae''
Turan, Kottelat & Bayçelebi, 2017
* ''
Squalius seyhanensis''
Turan, Kottelat & Doğan, 2013 (Seyhan chub)
* ''
Squalius spurius''
Heckel, 1843 (Orontes chub)
* ''
Squalius squalus''
( Bonaparte 1837) (Italian chub)
* ''
Squalius svallize''
Heckel & Kner, 1857 (Neretva chub)
* ''
Squalius tartessicus''
Doadrio, Sousa-Santos & Perea, 2023
* ''
Squalius tenellus''
Heckel, 1843 (Livno chub)
* ''
Squalius torgalensis''
(Coelho, Bogutskaya, Rodrigues & Collares-Pereira, 1998) (Mira chub)
* ''
Squalius turcicus''
De Filippi, 1865 (Transcaucasian chub)
* ''
Squalius valentinus''
Doadrio & Carmona, 2006 (Eastern Iberian chub)
* ''
Squalius vardarensis''
S. L. Karaman, 1928 (Vardar chub)
* ''
Squalius verepi''
Turan, 2022
* ''
Squalius zrmanjae''
S. L. Karaman, 1928 (Zrmanja chub)
References
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Leuciscinae
Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot