A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidæ or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc.

der Döbel/ Aitel der Schneider Leuciscus cephalus Alburnoides bipunctatus

European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body