Dnieper chub (Petroleuciscus borysthenicus)
Image source: Davide Bellucci | inaturalist.org
General data
- Main name: Dnieper chub
- Local names: Black Sea chub
- Climates: Subtropical, Temperate
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: Europe, Asia
- Distribution: Struma (Strymonas), Maritsa (Evros), Dnieper, Kızılırmak river, Lake Volvi, Ropotamo river, View all... Kamchiya, Veleka, Rezovo river
Classification
- Genus: Petroleuciscus - Ponto-Caspian chubs
- Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
- Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes