Common rudd

Common rudd
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Scardinius
Species:	S. erythrophthalmus
Binomial name
Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Cyprinus erythrophthalmus Linnaeus, 1758 Leuciscus erythrophthalmus Linnaeus, 1758 Cyprinus erythrops Pallas, 1814 Cyprinus compressus Hollberg, 1822 Cyprinus scardula Nardo, 1827 Cyprinus fuscus Vallot, 1837 Leuciscus caeruleus Yarrell, 1837 Cyprinus caeruleus Yarrell, 1837 Scardinius platizza Heckel, 1845 Leuciscus apollonitis Richardson, 1857 Scardinius macrophthalmus Heckel & Kner, 1858 Scardinius crocophthalmus Walecki, 1863

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