Sarmarutilus

Sarmarutilus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Sarmarutilus
Bianco & Ketmaier, 2014
Species:
S. rubilio
Binomial name
Sarmarutilus rubilio
(Bonaparte, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Leuciscus rubilio Bonaparte, 1837
  • Rutilus rubilio (Bonaparte, 1837)
  • Leuciscus rubella Bonaparte, 1837
  • Leuciscus trasimenicus Bonaparte, 1837
  • Leuciscus fucini Bonaparte, 1838
  • Leuciscus lascha Costa, 1838
  • Leuciscus sardella Valenciennes, 1844
  • Leucos henlei Bonaparte, 1846
  • Rutilus italicus Calderoni, 1981

Sarmarutilus is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. The only species in this genus is Sarmarutilus rubilio, known as the rovella, South European roach or the Apennine roach, a species endmeic to the Italian peninsula.