Cactus roach

Cactus roach
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Rutilus
Species:	R. virgo
Binomial name
	Rutilus virgo; (Heckel, 1852)
Synonyms
	Leuciscus virgo Heckel, 1852; Rutilus pigo virgo (Heckel, 1852); Rutilus pigus virgo (Heckel, 1852);

The cactus roach (Rutilus virgo) is a species of fish in the Cyprinidae family, 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

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Rutilus virgo" in FishBase. September 2012 version.

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