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Tui chub

Siphateles bicolor (Girard, 1856)

Status not recordedbony fish

The tui chub (Siphateles bicolor) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the tui chub

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the tui chub live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tui chub as introduced in 1 country, and flagged as invasive in it.

  1. Mexicoinvasive

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the tui chub endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the tui chub classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusSiphateles
  7. SpeciesSiphateles bicolor (Girard, 1856)

Synonyms Algansea antica, Algansea bicolor, Algansea formosa, Algansea obesa, Gila bicolor, Gila bicolor bicolor, Gila bicolor euchila, Gila bicolor eurysoma, Gila bicolor isolata, Gila bicolor mohavensis, Gila bicolor newarkensis, Gila bicolor obesa, Gila bicolor oregonensis, Gila bicolor pectinifer, Gila bicolor snyderi, Gila bicolor thalassina, Gila bicolor vaccaceps, Gila mohavensis, Leucas olivaceus, Leucidius pectinifer, Leucus dimidiatus, Leucus olivaceus, Myloleucus thalassinus, Richardsonius microdon, Rutilus columbianus, Rutilus oregonensis, Siphatales bicolor, Siphateles bicolor columbianus, Siphateles bicolor euchilus, Siphateles bicolor eurysoma, Siphateles bicolor isolatus, Siphateles bicolor mohavensis, Siphateles bicolor newarkensis, Siphateles bicolor obesus, Siphateles bicolor oregonensis, Siphateles bicolor pectinifer, Siphateles bicolor snyderi, Siphateles bicolor thalassinus, Siphateles bicolor vaccaceps, Siphateles columbianus, Siphateles mohavensis, Siphateles obesus, Siphateles obesus bicolor, Siphateles vittatus, Tigoma bicolor, Tigoma obesa

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Hutton tui chubEnglish
  • Klamath tui chubEnglish
  • gila dvojbarváCzech
  • Двухцветный сифателRussian
  • 雙色骨尾魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tui chub

Other species in the same family Cyprinidae.

LC, Least Concern
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Cyprinidae

LC, Least Concern
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Grass carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Cyprinidae

LC, Least Concern
Common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)

Common rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Cyprinidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the tui chub an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the tui chub as invasive in 1 country: Mexico. It lists it as introduced in 1 in all.

What kind of animal is the tui chub?

The tui chub (Siphateles bicolor) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Tui chub (Siphateles bicolor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tui-chub

MLA

“Tui chub (Siphateles bicolor).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tui-chub.

BibTeX
@misc{tui_chub_2026,
  title = {Tui chub (Siphateles bicolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tui-chub},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}