Dnieper chub
| Dnieper chub | |
|---|---|
| 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 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.
Sources
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Petroleuciscus borysthenicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Petroleuciscus borysthenicus" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
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