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).
• 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).
• Common Roach, Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Rutilus sojuchbulagi Abdurakhmanov, 1950.
• Rutilus ylikiensis Economidis, 1991.

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