Rhodeus meridionalis

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=Ford, M. |year=2024 |title=Rhodeus meridionalis |page=e.T135697A137287157 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T135697A137287157.en |access-date=20 February 2025}}

| taxon = Rhodeus meridionalis

| display_parents = 3

| authority = S. L. Karaman, 1924{{fishbase|Rhodeus|meridionalis}}{{Cof genus|genus=Rhodeus|access-date=20 February 2025}}

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Rhodeus meridionalis, the Vardar bitterling, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the genus Rhodeus. It is occurs in Greece and North Macedonia where it is found from the Vardar River to Pinios River.