Rutilus

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Rutilus
Roach, Rutilus rutilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Rutilus Rafinesque, 1820
Species
See text.

Rutilus is a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae, including the roach, Rutilus rutilus.

[edit] Species

FishBase lists 17 species:

• Rutilus arcasii (Steindachner, 1866).
• Shirvan roachling, Rutilus atropatenus Derjavin, 1937.
• Rutilus aula (Bonaparte, 1841).
• Rutilus basak (Heckel, 1843).
• Black Sea roach, Rutilus frisii (Nordmann, 1840).
  • Kutum, also known as Caspian White Fish or Caspian Roach, Rutilus frisii Kutum (Kamensky, 1901).
  • Rutilus frisii meidingerii (Heckel, 1851).
• Rutilus karamani Fowler, 1977.
• Rutilus lemmingii (Steindachner, 1866).
• Rutilus lusitanicus (Collares-Pereira, 1980).
• Rutilus ohridanus (Karaman, 1924).
• Rutilus panosi Bogutskaya & Iliadou, 2006.
• Danube roach, Rutilus pigus (Lacépède, 1803).
• Rutilus prespensis (Karaman, 1924).
• Rutilus rubilio (Bonaparte, 1837).
• Roach, Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Rutilus sojuchbulagi Abdurakhmanov, 1950.
• Rutilus ylikiensis Economidis, 1991.

[edit] References

• Rutilus (TSN 163760). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Accessed on 6 June 2006.
• "Rutilus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.