Black Sea Chub

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Black Sea Chub
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Petroleuciscus
Species: P. borysthenicus
Binomial name
Petroleuciscus borysthenicus
Kessler, 1859
Synonyms

Leuciscus borysthenicus (Kessler, 1859)

The Black Sea Chub (Petroleuciscus borysthenicus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is found in Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.

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