Biology:Dnieper chub

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Short description: Species of fish

Dnieper chub
Petroleuciscus borysthenicus 86330235 (cropped).jpg
P. borysthenicus in Neo Sidirochori, Greece
Scientific classification edit
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

Sources

Wikidata ☰ Q577641 entry