Squalius orpheus

Squalius orpheus, the Thracian chub or Orpheus dace, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes.^[2]> This species is endemic to the Maritsa drainage in Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey.^[3]

Squalius orpheus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Squalius
Species:	S. orpheus
Binomial name
Squalius orpheus Kottelat & Economidis, 2006