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Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)

To FishBase images (<i>Squalius cephalus</i>, Italy, by Porcellotti et al.)
To FishBase images (Squalius cephalus, Italy, by Porcellotti et al.)

282855  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282855)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Cypriniformes (Order)
  11. Cyprinidae (Family)
  12. Leuciscinae (Subfamily)
  13. Squalius (Genus)
  14. Squalius cephalus (Species)
accepted
Species
Cyprinus cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (basionym)
Cyprinus kittaibeli Reisinger, 1830 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Leuciscus chub pictava De la Pylaie, 1835 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Squalius orientalis (Nordmann, 1840) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Squalius tyberinus Bonaparte, 1841 · unaccepted (synonym)
Squalus tyberinus Bonaparte, 1841 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (misspelling in the generic noun)

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(of Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Cyprinus cephalus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282855 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature

original description (of Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus cephalus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus capito Scopoli, 1786) Scopoli, I. A. (1786). Deliciae florae et faunae Insubricae, seu novae, aut minus cognitae species plantarum et animalium quas in Insubria Austriaca tam spontaneas, quam exoticas vidit, descripsit et aeri incidi curavit J. A. Scopoli. Pars I-III. Ticini. 75 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/72994#/summary
page(s): 73 [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus lugdunensis Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 29 [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus orthonotus Hermann, 1804) Hermann, J. (1804). Observationes zoologicae, quibus novae complures, aliaeque animalium species describuntur et illustrantur. [Zoological observations, in which several new and other species of animals are described and illustrated.]. <em>Opus posthumum edidit Fridericus Ludovicus Hammer. A. Koenig, Argentorati, Paris.</em> i-viii + 1-332.
page(s): 322 [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus rufus Vallot, 1837) Vallot, J. N. (1837). Ichthyologie française, ou histoire naturelle des poissons d'eau douce de la France. <em>E. Frantin, Dijon.</em> 1-320., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/9144#/summary [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus albiensis Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus cavedanus Bonaparte, 1838) Bonaparte, C. L. (1838). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. Pesci. <em>Fasc. 22-23, puntata 104, 110-120, 2 pls.</em>
page(s): fasc. 22, punt. 104, Pl. 113 (fig. 3) [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus frigidus Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus brutius Costa, 1838) Costa, O. G. (1829-53). Fauna del regno di Napoli, ossia enumerazione di tutti gli animali che abitano le diverse regioni di questo regno e le acque che le bagnano, etc. Pesci. <em>Fauna del regno di Napoli.</em> Part 1: 511 pp. (variously paginated), 60 pls.
page(s): Cyprinoides p. 22, Pl. 18 [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus nothulus Bonaparte, 1841) Bonaparte, C. L. (1841). Iconografia della fauna italica per le quattro classi degli animali vertebrati. Tomo III. Pesci. <em>Roma.</em> Fasc. 30, puntata 155-160, 5 pls.
page(s): fasc. 30, intro p. 5, Pl. 112 (fig. 2) [details] 

original description (of Squalius meridionalis Blanchard, 1866) Blanchard, C. E. (1855). Les poissons dese eaux douces de la France. <em>Paris.</em> i-xvi + 1-656. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus ruffoi Bianco & Recchia, 1983) Bianco, P. G.; Recchia, F. (1983). The Leuciscinae of the squalius species complex in Italy (Pisces, Cyprinidae). <em>Bollettino di Zoologia.</em> v. 50 (nos 1-2): 15-19. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus squalius Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus orientalis von Nordmann, 1840) von Nordmann, A. (1840-1842). Prodrome de l'ichthyologie pontique. <em>In: Démidoff, A. de (eds.). Voyage dans la Russie méridionale et la Crimée. V. 3. E. Bourdin et Ce., Paris.</em> Pp. 353-635, 748-755, Pisces Pls. 1-32. [Text appeared in 1840, atlas with plates in 1842.]. [details] 

original description (of Squalius clathratus Blanchard, 1866) Blanchard, C. E. (1855). Les poissons dese eaux douces de la France. <em>Paris.</em> i-xvi + 1-656. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus lapacinus Stefani, Serra, Loffredo & Fossa, 1987) Stefani, R.; Serra, G. P. F.; Loffredo,; Fossa, I. (1987). Un nuovo ciprinide dell'algapo Leuciscus lapacinus n. sp. (Pisces Cyprinidae). <em>Atti del Regio Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti.</em> 145: 13-23, Pls. 1-5. [English summary]. [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
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LanguageName 
Albanian mylyshimëlyshiklenibyluçiblyshi  [details]
Dutch molenaarmeunkopvoorn  [details]
English chub  [details]
French chovainechevaine [from synonym]  [details]
German Döbel [from synonym]  [details]
Italian cavedano  [details]
Lithuanian europinis šapalas  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål stam [from synonym]  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk stam [from synonym]  [details]
Polish kleń  [details]
Russian голавль  [details]
Slovenian klen  [details]
Spanish cacho  [details]
Swedish färna [from synonym]  [details]
Turkish tatlısu kefalitalisu kefali [from synonym]kepenez [from synonym]  [details]
Ukrainian головень звичайнийГоловень європейський  [details]
Welsh twb y dail  [details]
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (22 barcodes) (from synonym Squalius orientalis (Nordmann, 1840))
To Barcode of Life (378 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leuciscus albiensis Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cyprinus salmoneus Gronow, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus albus Bonaparte, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus capito Scopoli, 1786)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus frigidus Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus latifrons Nilsson, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) (from synonym Squalius clathratus Blanchard, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Squalius meridionalis Blanchard, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (194 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus orthonotus Hermann, 1804)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus macedonicus Karaman, 1955)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (280 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus brutius Costa, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Squalius meunier Heckel, 1852)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus cavedanus Bonaparte, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus rufus Vallot, 1837)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Squalius cephalopsis Heckel, 1843)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus cabeda Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Squalius pareti Bonaparte, 1841)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus orientalis von Nordmann, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus orientalis von Nordmann, 1840)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus cabeda Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus chub Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus squalius Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (94 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus cephalus Linnaeus, 1758)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Squalius cephalus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Squalius orientalis) (from synonym Squalius orientalis (Nordmann, 1840))
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus ruffoi Bianco & Recchia, 1983)
To Fishbase (from synonym Squalius cephalus athurensis Roule & Cardaillac de Saint-Paul, 1903)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus var. wjatkensis Lukasch, 1925)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalius turcicus var. platycephala Kamenskii, 1897)
To FishBase (from synonym Squalius tyberinus Bonaparte, 1841)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus lapacinus Stefani, Serra, Loffredo & Fossa, 1987)
To Fishbase (from synonym Squalius pareti Bonaparte, 1841)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus macedonicus Karaman, 1955)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus ruffoi Bianco & Recchia, 1983)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus latifrons Nilsson, 1855)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus nothulus Bonaparte, 1841)
To Fishbase (from synonym Squalius cephalopsis Heckel, 1843)
To Fishbase (from synonym Squalius clathratus Blanchard, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Squalius meunier Heckel, 1852)
To Fishbase (from synonym Squalius meridionalis Blanchard, 1866)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus cephalus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus chub Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus kietaibeli Reisinger, 1830)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus lugdunensis Walbaum, 1792)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus rufus Vallot, 1837)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus orthonotus Hermann, 1804)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus cabeda Risso, 1827)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus albula Nardo, 1827)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus salmoneus Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase images (Squalius cephalus, Italy, by Porcellotti et al.) 
To Fishipedia 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus macedonicus Karaman, 1955)
To GenBank (11412 nucleotides; 687 proteins) 
To GenBank (11412 nucleotides; 687 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus cephalus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (11412 nucleotides; 687 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus orientalis von Nordmann, 1840)
To GenBank (30 nucleotides; 28 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus orientalis von Nordmann, 1840)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus cabeda Risso, 1827)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus cabeda Risso, 1827)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI (from synonym Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI 
From editor or global species database
To FishBase images (<i>Squalius cephalus</i>, Italy, by Porcellotti et al.)
To FishBase images (Squalius cephalus, Italy, by Porcellotti et al.)
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Leuciscus cephalus
Leuciscus cephalus
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