Sarmarutilus rubilio

Sarmarutilus rubilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Sarmarutilus
Bianco & Ketmaier, 2014 [1]
Species: S. rubilio
Binomial name
Sarmarutilus rubilio
(Bonaparte, 1837)
Synonyms

Rutilus rubilio Bonaparte, 1837

Sarmarutilus rubilio, known as the Rovella or the South European roach, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.[2] 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.[3] It is the type species of the genus Sarmarutilus.

References

  1. Bianco, P.G., Ketmaier, V. (2014). A revision of the Rutilus complex from Mediterranean Europe with description of a new genus, Sarmarutilus, and a new species, Rutilus stoumboudae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 3841 (3): 379–402.
  2. Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Rutilus rubilio. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Rutilus rubilio" in FishBase. April 2012 version.

External links

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