| Thick lipped chub | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Squalius |
| Species: | S. cephaloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Squalius cephaloides (Battalgil, 1942) | |
| Synonyms | |
Leuciscus cephaloidesBattalgil, 1942 | |
The thick lipped chub (Squalius cephaloides) is a species of cyprinid fish known only from the Armutlu Peninsula in Turkey. [2]
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Squalius janae, commonly known as the Istrian chub, is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It was first described in 2010 from the Dragonja River drainage in Slovenia. Since then they have also been found in the Boljunčica and Pazinčica river drainages in Istria, Croatia.
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