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.

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