Common rudd
| Common rudd | |
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| 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 | |
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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.