{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |author2=Kottelat, M. |date=2008 |title=''Squalius orpheus'' |article-number=e.T135638A4167902 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135638A4167902.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Squalius orpheus | display_parents = 3 | authority = Kottelat & Economidis, 2006 | synonyms = }}
'''''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.<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Squalius|access-date=6 May 2025}}</ref> This species is endemic to the Maritsa drainage in Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Turkey.<ref>{{FishBase species |genus= Squalius |species= orpheus | month = November| year = 2014}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q5563477}}
orpheus Category:Fish described in 2006 Category:Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat
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