Cactus roach
| Cactus roach | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Rutilus |
| Species: | R. virgo |
| Binomial name | |
| Rutilus virgo (Heckel, 1852) | |
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The cactus roach (Rutilus virgo) is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the basin of the Danube River upstream of the Iron Gate, very numerous in the Sava basin. It is also recorded in Ukrainian Subcarpathian region. This freshwater fish is up to 40 cm long.
External links
- ↑ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Rutilus virgo". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135722A4193052.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Rutilus virgo" in FishBase. September 2012 version.
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