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Definition of Leuciscus cephalus
1. Noun. European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body.
Generic synonyms: Cyprinid, Cyprinid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Leuciscus, Leuciscus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leuciscus Cephalus
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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