Rutilus rubilio
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"Rovella" redirects here. For the Italian town, see Montecorvino Rovella.
| Rovella | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Rutilus |
| Species: | R. rubilio |
| Binomial name | |
| Rutilus rubilio (Bonaparte, 1837) | |
Rutilus rubilio, known as the rovella or the South European roach, is a species of freshwater fish, a roach in the family Cyprinidae. It is native in the Tuscano-Latum district of Italy, both in waters draining to the Adriatic and Tyrrhenian Seas, and introduced further south in the country. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by introduced species and habitat loss.
Sources
- Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Rutilus rubilio. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Rutilus rubilio" in FishBase. April 2012 version.
External links
Media related to Rutilus rubilio at Wikimedia Commons
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