Menderes chub (Petroleuciscus ninae)

General data
- Main name: Menderes chub
- Climates: Subtropical
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: Asia
- Distribution: Buyuk Menderes
Classification
- Genus: Petroleuciscus - Ponto-Caspian chubs
- Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
- Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
A new species of Petroleuciscus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Büyük Menderes River, southwestern Anatolia, Turkey. The new species is distinguished by having a black lateral stripe from head to base of caudal fin, stripe distinct anteriorly and posteriorly, wider than eye diameter; numerous black pigments on anal-fin rays; body depth at dorsal-fin origin 27–30% standard length (LS); head width at posterior margin of eye 16–19% LS; and eye diameter smaller than snout length.