Dnieper chub

Species of fish

Dnieper chub

P. borysthenicus in Neo Sidirochori, Greece

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Cyprinidae
Subfamily:  | Leuciscinae
Genus:  | Petroleuciscus
Species:  |

P. borysthenicus

Binomial name
Petroleuciscus borysthenicus

(Kessler, 1859)

Synonyms

* Squalius borysthenicus Kessler, 1859
* Leuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859)
* Telestes leucoides De Filippi, 1863
* Leuciscus heterandrius Battalgil, 1940

The Dnieper chub or the Black Sea chub (Petroleuciscus borysthenicus) is a species of cyprinid fish from Eastern Europe. It is found in Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. It lives up to eight years.

## References

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1. ^ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Petroleuciscus borysthenicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T61395A12461180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T61395A12461180.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

## Sources

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* Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Petroleuciscus borysthenicus". FishBase.

Taxon identifiers

Petroleuciscus borysthenicus|

* Wikidata: Q577641
* BOLD: 503660
* CoL: 776BV
* EoL: 221683
* EUNIS: 314250
* Fauna Europaea: 304496
* Fauna Europaea (new): d65a97cd-4ac4-470f-8469-edc2ad82bdd9
* FishBase: 25956
* GBIF: 2362496
* iNaturalist: 109213
* IRMNG: 10753995
* ITIS: 689641
* IUCN: 61395
* NCBI: 101840
* OBIS: 1026991
* Open Tree of Life: 492026
* Plazi: 1905C216-B572-B1EB-EFB6-6505104895D9
* WoRMS: 1026991

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