Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Maritza Chub
Description
Habitat
Biome: Freshwater [1].
Ecology:
Habitat
:
Streams
to rivers
, stretches with
moderate current
.
Biology
:
Omnivorous
;
feeds
mainly on insects and aquatic
invertebrates
. Spawns
in April-June
in shallow areas with gravel
bottom
.[1].
List of Habitats:
- 5 Wetlands (inland)
- 5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls ) [more info]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Cypriniformes
()
- Family:
Cyprinidae
()
- Genus:
Squalius
()
- Specific name:
orpheus
- Kottelat & Economidis, 2006
- Scientific name: - Squalius orpheus Kottelat & Economidis, 2006
- Specific name:
orpheus
- Kottelat & Economidis, 2006
- Genus:
Squalius
(
- Family:
Cyprinidae
(
- Order:
Cypriniformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Kottelat, M.
and P.S. Economidis Squalius
orpheus, a new species of cyprinid fish from Evros drainage
,
Greece (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol
. Explor. Freshwat 17(2):181-186.,
2006.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Squalius
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. albus (Trasimeno Chub) · S. aphipsi (Kuban Stream Chub) · S. borysthenicus (Dneiper Carp) · S. cephalus (European Chub) · S. copei (Leatherside Chub) · S. danilewskii (Danilevskii's Dace) · S. delineatus (Moderlieschen) · S. laietanus (Catalan Chub) · S. moreoticus (Stymphalia Chub) · S. orpheus (Maritza Chub) · S. pamvoticus (Pamvotis Chub) · S. peloponensis (Peloponnese Chub) · S. photogenis (Silver Shiner) · S. pictus (Albanian Roach) · S. pyrenaicus (Iberian-Chub) · S. spurius (Syr-Darya Dace) · S. sp. nov. 'Aoos' (Aoos Chub) · S. sp. nov. 'Evia' (Evia Chub) · S. squalus (Cavedano Chub) · S. tenellus (Livno Masnica) · S. vardarensis (Vardar Chub)
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Further Reading
- IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).
- Kottelat, M. and Economidis, P.S. 2006. Squalius orpheus, a new species of cyprinid fish from Evros drainage, Greece (Teleostei: Cyprinidae).
- Kottelat, M. and Freyhof, J. 2007. Handbook of European Freshwater Fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol, Switzerland.
- Kottelat, M. and P.S. Economidis Squalius orpheus, a new species of cyprinid fish from Evros drainage, Greece (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat 17(2):181-186., 2006.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Squalius orpheus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 04February2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 9914653
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-157050
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13534772
- IUCN ID: 243461
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3404838
Footnotes
- Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. 2008. Squalius orpheus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 February 2012. ... [back]
