Squalius valentinus, commonly known as the Valencia chub and the Levantine bagra, is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae.

This species is differentiated from its cogenerates by having eight branched rays in its dorsal fin; eight branched rays in its anal fin; two rows of pharyngeal teeth on both sides possessing 2 and 5 teeth (2.55.2); a wide caudal peduncle; its number of gill rakers; the number of scales in its lateral line; the number of scale rows above the latter; by possessing three scale rows below it; by having thirty-nine vertebrae (twenty-two of them abdominal and seventeen of them caudal); showing large 4th and 5th infraorbital bones; a maxilla with a very distinct marked anterior process; exhibiting a frontal bone expanded at the middle; a wide neurocranium bone; the lower branch of the pharyngeal bone being robust; a large and narrow urohyal; as well as genetic differences (allozymes).

[2] Squalius valentinus is a small sized species that is usually shorter than 200 millimetres (7.9 in); its head is large and similar to the maximum body depth.

Itd 3rd, 4th and 5th pharyngeal teeth in its external row are small or even lack a masticatory area.

[2] Squalius valentinus inhabits rivers in the Spanish Mediterranean, between the Mijares and Vinalopó basins.

[2] The IUCN lists this fish as being a vulnerable species because of its limited range which covers less than 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi), and due to water abstraction for the construction of dams as well as the introduction of foreign species.