Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Subfamily Leuciscinae > Genus Pelecus

Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pelecus*	Agassiz, 1835	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cyprinus cultratus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bulgarian: sabbitza; sabitza; sаbitsа; Сабица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: sabelkarpe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: ziege sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: knife; razorfish; sabrefish sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Dünnbauch; Messerfisch; Messerkarpf; Säbel; Sichelfisch; Sichling; Ziege sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: chekhon sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: ožka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: ciosa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: sabita sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: сабля-рыба; чехонь; Чехонь обыкновенная sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Slovenian: sabljarka sources: Davorin Tome

Spanish, Castillian: peleco sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: skärkniv sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Чехоня; Чехоня звичайна

Literature

additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Pelecus cultratus, Romania, by Otel, V.)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282185

Dr. Jorg Freyhof. Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9c6fa9ae-302f-429f-8e74-d75daec2523d