Squalius spurius

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Crivelli, A.J. |date=2006 |title=Squalius spurius |volume=2006 |page=e.T60354A12357131 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60354A12357131.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| taxon = Squalius spurius

| display_parents = 3

| authority = Heckel, 1843

| synonyms = * Leuciscus spurius (Heckel, 1843)

| synonyms_ref = {{Cof genus|genus=Squalius|access-date=8 May 2025}}

}}

Squalius spurius, the Orontes chub is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. It is found in Syria and Turkey. Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. Its status is insufficiently known.