Barbel chub
Species of fish
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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]
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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] | |
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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.[4]
