Chub

Chub, in the Bible, an African people. This may be a textual error for Lub (i.e., Lubim).

chub: see minnow.

Any of several freshwater fishes of the carp family that are commonly caught for bait, sport, and food. Popular species include the European chub (Leuciscus cephalus) of Europe and Great Britain, a voracious predator of insects and other fish, and, in North America, the creek chub, or horned dace (Semotilus atromaculatus), and the hornyhead chub (Nocomis, or Hybopsis, biguttata). These species range in length from 6 to 24 in. (15–60 cm). Their colours vary, tending toward bluish or greenish above with a lighter or silvery belly. The name is applied to many cyprinids in North America and to other, unrelated fishes elsewhere.

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"Chub" is also used for a part of the cheek.

A chub is any one of a number of ray-finned fishes in several families and genera. In Europe, the term "chub" usually refers to the European Chub (Squalius cephalus). Other fishes called "chubs" are:

In family Cyprinidae:

• Bigeye chubs, genus Hybopsis
• Blacktail chubs, genus Macrohybopsis
• Creek chubs, genus Semotilus
• European chubs, genus Squalius (formerly in Leuciscus)
• Flame Chub, Hemitremia flammea (a monotypic genus)
• Flathead chubs, genus Platygobio
• Hornyhead chubs, genus Nocomis
• Lake chubs, genus Couesius
• Leatherside Chub, Snyderichthys copei (a monotypic genus)
• Oregon chubs, genus Oregonichthys
• Ponto-Caspian chubs, genus Petroleuciscus
• Slender chubs, genus Erimystax
• Western chubs, genus Gila (including Siphateles)
• Genus Algansea
• Genus Notropis (eastern shiners) are also sometimes called "chubs"

In other families:

• Sea chubs, the family Kyphosidae
• North American ciscoes of genus Coregonus in family Coregoninae, especially Great Lakes deep-water species
• Tautog or black porgy, and perhaps some other wrasses (family Labridae)

See also

• Dace
• Minnow
• Roach
• Shiner