Barbel chub

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]

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 curriculus Richardson, 1846 Leuciscus teretiusculus Basilewsky, 1855 Squaliobarbus caudalis Sauvage, 1884 Squaliobarbus jordani Evermann & Shaw, 1927

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]