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.



In family 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