Definition of Leuciscus cephalus

1. Noun. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.

Exact synonyms: Chub
Generic synonyms: Cyprinid, Cyprinid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Leuciscus, Leuciscus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Leuciscus Cephalus

Letts
Letty
Letzeburgesh
Leu
Leu enkephalin
Leucadendron argenteum
Leucaena
Leucaena glauca
Leucaena leucocephala
Leucanthemum
Leucanthemum lacustre
Leucanthemum maximum
Leucanthemum superbum
Leucanthemum vulgare
Leuciscus
Leuciscus cephalus
Leuciscus leuciscus
Leucocytozoon
Leucocytozoon marchouxi
Leucocytozoon sabrazesi
Leucocytozoon simondi
Leucocytozoon smithi
Leucogenes
Leucogenes leontopodium
Leuconostoc mesenteroides
Leucothoe editorum
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Leucothoe racemosa
Leuctra
Leudet's tinnitus

Literary usage of Leuciscus cephalus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum by Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1868)
"s. Luc Lfm. in Mem. Genie, iii. p. 207, pi. 11. leuciscus cephalus, Flem. Brit. Anim. p. 187; Kroger, Danm. ..."

2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Other European forms are the roach (Rutilus rutilus), the chub (leuciscus cephalus), the dace (Leuciscus leuciscus), «, FIG. 298. ..."

3. Guide to the Gallery of Fishes in the Department of Zoology of the British by William George Ridewood (1908)
"Roach, Leuciscus rutilus, 341, spread all over Europe north of the Alps; the Chub, leuciscus cephalus, 338, with a more southern distribution, ..."

4. The Fisheries Exhibition Literature by London International Fisheries Exhibition (1884)
"The chub (leuciscus cephalus) is found in rivers, where it frequents localities overhung by banks and trees, the eddies of weirs or bridges, about mills and ..."

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