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Rutilus stoumboudae

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Rutilus stoumboudae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Rutilus
Species:
R. stoumboudae
Binomial name
Rutilus stoumboudae
Bianco & Ketmaier, 2014

Rutilus stoumboudae is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Greece, in Lake Volvi and is a lacustrine species adapted to still water.[1] It is named for Maria Stoumboudi, in honour of her research on the ecology and conservation of the freshwater fishes of Greece.[2]

Description

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Rutilus stoumboudae grows to a maximum size of 15.6 cm (6.1 in), and can distinguished from its congener R. rutilus by having 16-17 total gill rakers (vs. 13–14) and an average of 9 branched rays (vs. 10 in R. rutilus) in both the dorsal and anal fins, from a total of 11-12 and 12 soft rays, respectively. It can be diagnosed from R. pigus by the absence of nuptial tubercles, and having 39-43 scales on the lateral line (vs. 46–51) and 8-9 branched rays in the anal fin (vs. 9–11)[1]

Taxonomy and systematics

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Rutilus stoumboudae was described as a distinct species in 2014.[3]

In a 2017 phylogeographic study, it was argued that the Ponto-Caspian taxa including R. caspicus, R. heckelii and R. stoumboudae could represent a single widespread species whose range would extend to Siberia, to be named R. lacustris.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rutilus stoumboudae". FishBase. January 2024 version.
  2. ^ Scharpf, Christopher; Lazara, Kenneth J. (25 January 2024). "Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows)". The ETYFish Project. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ 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. doi:10.15468/VL9OR.
  4. ^ Levin, B.A., Simonov, E.P., Ermakov, O.A., Levina, M.A., Interesova, E.A., Kovalchuk, O.M., Malinina, Y.A., Mamilov, N.S., Mustafayev, N.J., Pilin, D.V., Pozdeev, I.V., Prostakov, N.I., Roubenyan, H.R., Titov, S.V. & Vekhov, D.A. (2017): Phylogeny and phylogeography of the roaches, genus Rutilus (Cyprinidae), at the Eastern part of its range as inferred from mtDNA analysis. Hydrobiologia, 788 (1): 33–46.