Common rudd

Common rudd
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Scardinius
Species:
S. erythrophthalmus
Binomial name
Scardinius erythrophthalmus
Synonyms
  • Cyprinus erythrophthalmus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Leuciscus erythrophthalmus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Cyprinus erythrops Peter Simon Pallas, 1814
  • Cyprinus compressus Hollberg, 1822
  • Cyprinus scardula Nardo, 1827
  • Cyprinus fuscus Vallot, 1837
  • Leuciscus caeruleus Yarrell, 1837
  • Cyprinus caeruleus Yarrell, 1837
  • Scardinius platizza Johann Jakob Heckel, 1845
  • Leuciscus apollonitis J.Richardson (naturalist), 1857
  • Scardinius macrophthalmus Heckel & R.Kner, 1858
  • Scardinius crocophthalmus Walecki, 1863

The common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) is a bentho-pelagic freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae. This species is widely spread in Europe and central Asia, around the basins of the North, Baltic, Black, Caspian and Aral seas.

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