Rutilus (
Latin for "ruddy") is a genus of fishes in the family
Cyprinidae, commonly called
roaches. Locally, the name "roach" without any further qualifiers is also used for particular
species, particularly the
Common Roach (
R. rutilus).
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).
- 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).
- Common Roach, Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758).
- Rutilus sojuchbulagi Abdurakhmanov, 1950.
- Rutilus ylikiensis Economidis, 1991.
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