Scardinius
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"Rudd" redirects here. For other uses, see Rudd (disambiguation).
| Rudds | |
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| Scardinius erythrophthalmus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Scardinius Bonaparte, 1837 |
Scardinius is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family commonly called rudds. Locally, the name "rudd" without any further qualifiers is also used for particular species, particularly the common rudd (S. erythrophthalmus). The rudd can be distinguished from the very similar roach by way of the rudd's upturned mouth, allowing the rudd to pick food items such as aquatic insects from the surface of the water in which it resides.
Species
- Scardinius acarnanicus Economidis, 1991
- Scardinius dergle Heckel & Kner, 1858
- Scardinius elmaliensis Bogutskaya, 1997
- Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common Rudd)
- Scardinius graecus Stephanidis, 1937 (Greek Rudd)
- Scardinius hesperidicus Bonaparte, 1845
- Scardinius knezevici Bianco & Kottelat, 2005
- Scardinius plotizza Heckel & Kner, 1858
- Scardinius racovitzai G. J. Müller, 1958
- Scardinius scardafa (Bonaparte, 1837)
External links
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Scardinius in FishBase. August 2011 version.
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