The barbel chub (Squaliobarbus curriculus) is a species of cyprinid fish found in China, North Korea, South Korea, eastern Russia, and Vietnam. It is the only member of its genus.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Squaliobarbinae |
| Genus: | Squaliobarbus Günther, 1868 |
| Species: | S. curriculus
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| Squaliobarbus curriculus (J. Richardson, 1846)
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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.[2]
References edit
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Squaliobarbus curriculus" in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Squaliobarbus curriculus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T166930A159756949.
- ^ Wang, T., Lin, L., Liu, Y., Jakovlić, I., Li, C., Xiao, Y., & Wu, P. (2021, September 14). Life history traits, elasticity analyses, and phenotypic plasticity of Squaliobarbus Curriculus in the Pearl River estuary, China. Frontiers. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2021.707130/full
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