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Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Also calledAitel (deu) · Ak balık (tur) · Alet (deu) · Bagra (cat) · Bagre (spa) · Carpa Común (spa) · Cavedano europeo (ita) · Chevesne (fra) · Chevesne commun (fra) · Chevesne commun, Chevaine commun (fra) · Clean (ron) · Döbel (deu) · Døbel (dan) · Eitel (deu)
First described in: Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
description
Literature Heckel & Kner 1858; Anonymous 1886; Brusina 1892; Glowacki 1896; Langhoffer 1904; Plančić 1923 b; Karaman 1928; Zaplata & Taler 1932; Kosorić & Kardoš 1955; Aganović & Milošević 1959; Vuković 1959; 1960, 1963 a, 1977 a, 1982 b; Pavlović et al. 1960; Vuković et al. 1962; Aganović et al. 1966; Kosorić & Vuković 1966 a; Berberović 1967, 1980; Čanković 1967; Kekić 1967; Sket 1967; Čanković et al. 1968 a; Kiškarolj & Čanković 1968, 1969; Vuković & Vuković 1968 b, 1974; Šenk 1969; Guzina et al. 1971, 1981; Ivanović & Sekulović 1971; Vuković & Ivanović 1971; Berberović & Sofradžija 1972; Marić 1972; Aganović & Kapetanović 1973; Bozja & Švob 1974; Kosorić 1974, 1977 a, 1978, 1981; Đurović & Vuković 1975; Kosorić et al. 1975, 1980, 1983, 1989; Sofradžija 1977; Kaćanski et al. 1977; Aganović & Kapetanović 1978; Guzina & Vuković 1978; Habeković et al. 1981; Veljović 1982; Šolaja & Pocrnjić 1983 b; Kaplanović 1984; Pocrnjić et al. 1984; Ratković & Mikavica 1984; Sofradžija et al. 1984; Bianco & Knežević 1987; Mikavica 1987 b, 1998; Pocrnjić & Šolaja 1988; Economidis & Bănărescu 1991; Mikavica et al. 1991, 1997; Pažur 1993; Babić & Mikavica 1994; Bogutskaya & Zupančič 1999; Mikavica
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
discussion
Remarks In Vuković (1963 a, 1977 a) and Sofradžija (2009), it was mentioned as Leuciscus cephalus cephalus, and in Bogut et al. (2006) as Squalius cephalus cephalus, all for the Danube River Basin in BiH. According to Hamzić (2024), translocated to the Adriatic Basin.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
distribution
Origin and geographic range in BiH Native to the Danube River Basin, translocated to the Adriatic Basin.
Freshwater fishes (Petromyzonti, Elasmobranchii, and Actinopteri) of Bosnia and Herzegovina: an updated inventory on the biodiversity and distribution
discussion
Remarks. This species was reported by Coad (2010) in Syria. However, Syria is not within the species’ natural distribution. In some earlier studies, specimens belonging to the genus Squalius were incorrectly identified as Squalius cephalus.
Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2365685.