#2124 · 🐟 fish
European Chub
🇳🇱 Kopvoorn ·Squalius cephalus
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what is it?
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base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 12 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 9,144 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- European Chub
- Nederlands
- Kopvoorn
- scientific name
- Squalius cephalus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Cypriniformes
- family
- Leuciscidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 12
- sightings in Europe
- 6,832
- sightings worldwide
- 9,144
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,214
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Leuciscidae
#2075 📷 8Common Rudd
🇳🇱 Ruisvoorn
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
LC 👀 208 in NL
#2076 📷 8Common Bream
🇳🇱 Brasem
Abramis brama
LC 👀 175 in NL
#2078 📷 9Common Roach
🇳🇱 Blankvoorn
Rutilus rutilus
LC 👀 150 in NL
#2097 📷 9Silver Bream
🇳🇱 Kolblei
Blicca bjoerkna
LC 👀 51 in NL
#2099 📷 10Bleak
🇳🇱 Alver
Alburnus alburnus
LC 👀 40 in NL
#2105 📷 10Sunbleak
🇳🇱 Vetje
Leucaspius delineatus
LC 👀 36 in NL
#2117 📷 9Orfe
🇳🇱 Winde
Leuciscus idus
LC 👀 18 in NL
#2118 📷 8Asp
🇳🇱 Roofblei
Leuciscus aspius
LC 👀 17 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 113003, Wikidata Q26821893, GBIF 2365685, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.