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European chub

Squalius cephalus

929Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
53Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan12
Feb7
Mar8
Apr29
May57
Jun116
Jul120
Aug170
Sep92
Oct76
Nov11
Dec4

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Powys Wales45
2Dorset England40
3Cheshire East England39
4Monmouthshire Wales39
5Oxfordshire England30
6Essex England27
7Wrexham Wales22
8Kent England20
9Gloucestershire England20
10Suffolk England19
11Cumbria England18
12Somerset England17
13Cambridgeshire England16
14Surrey England12
15Lincolnshire England10
704 England2 Scotland217 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 53 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
929
Peak month
August
Counties with records
53
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Squalius cephalus
Also known as
Chub
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
762
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC), GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Squalius
Name with authority
Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
11

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q26821893 · GBIF 2365685