Barbel chub

Barbel chub
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Squaliobarbus Günther, 1868 [2]
Species:	S. curriculus
Binomial name
Squaliobarbus curriculus (J. Richardson, 1846) [3]
Synonyms [3]
Leuciscus curriculusRichardson, 1846 Leuciscus teretiusculus Basilewsky, 1855 Squaliobarbus caudalis Sauvage, 1884 Squaliobarbus jordani Evermann & Shaw, 1927

The barbel chub (Squaliobarbus curriculus) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Xenocyprididae ^[2] / which is found in China, North Korea, South Korea, eastern Russia, and Vietnam. ^[1] It is the only member of the genus Squaliobarbus. ^[3]

The standard length of a barbel chub is 40 to 350 mm (mean ± SD = 185.1 ± 53.4 mm). The standard weight ranges from 1.00 to 986.21 g (mean ± SD = 147.3 ± 127.0 g). Life expectancy for females is one to seven years while males live from one to six years. ^[4]

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Squaliobarbus curriculus". FishBase . October 2011 version.

1. Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Squaliobarbus curriculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022 e.T166930A159756949. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T166930A159756949.en . Retrieved 27 January 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 January 2025.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Squlaiobarbus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 January 2025.
4. Wang, T., Lin, L., Liu, Y., Jakovlić, I., Li, C., Xiao, Y., & Wu, P. (2021, September 14). Life history traits, elasticity analyses, and phenotypic plasticity of Squaliobarbus Curriculus in the Pearl River estuary, China. Frontiers. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2021.707130/full