| Barbel chub | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Squaliobarbus Günther, 1868[3] |
| Species: | S. curriculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Squaliobarbus curriculus (J. Richardson, 1846)[2] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Thebarbel chub (Squaliobarbus curriculus) is a species of freshwaterray-finned fish belonging to thefamilyXenocyprididae[3]/ which is found inChina,North Korea,South Korea, easternRussia, andVietnam.[1] It is the only member of the genusSqualiobarbus.[2]
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]
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