{{otheruses}}{{Short description|Kind of Fish}} {{wiktionary|chub}} '''Chub''' is a common fish name. It pertains to any one of a number of ray-finned fish in several families and general. In the UK, the term ''chub'' usually refers to the species ''Squalius cephalus''. In addition, see sea chub.
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==In family Cyprinidae== {{further|Cyprinidae}} * Bigeye chub, genus ''Hybopsis'' * Creek chub, genus ''Semotilus'' * Fallfish, genus ''Semotilus'' * European chub, genus ''Squalius'' * Flame chub, ''Hemitremia flammea'' (a monotypic genus) * Flathead chub, genus ''Platygobio'' * Hornyhead chub, genus ''Nocomis'' * Lake chub, genus ''Couesius'' * Least chub, ''Iotichthys phlegethontis'' (a monotypic genus) * Leatherside chub, ''Snyderichthys copei'' (a monotypic genus) * Oregon chub, genus ''Oregonichthys'' * Ponto-Caspian chub, genus ''Petroleuciscus'' * Slender chub, genus ''Erimystax'' * Western chub, genus ''Gila'' (including ''Siphateles'') * Genus ''Algansea'' * Genus ''Notropis'' (eastern shiners) are also sometimes called "chubs"
==In other families==
* Sea chub, the family ''Kyphosidae'' * ''Coregonus artedi'', commonly known as cisco, lake herring, chub * ''Coregonus hoyi'', commonly known as bloater, and sometimes thought to be a type of ''Coregonus artedi'' * Tautog or black porgy * Bermuda chub, ''Centrolophus niger'' * Chub mackerel
==See also== *Sea chub *Chub (disambiguation)
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