Black Sea roach
Rutilus frisii (von Nordmann, 1840)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Do not confuse it with another fish called the kutum, Rutilus kutum
Rutilus frisii, the Black Sea roach or kutum, is a species of freshwater and brackish water ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This fish is found in the Black Sea basin in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
Wikipedia contributors, Rutilus frisii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T08:06:10.649158+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rutilus frisii (von Nordmann, 1840)
- Name authority
- (von Nordmann, 1840)
- Common name
- Black Sea roach
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Rutilus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusRutilus Rafinesque, 1820
- speciesRutilus frisii (von Nordmann, 1840)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rutilus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rutilus caspicus (Yakovlev, 1870) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus heckelii (von Nordmann, 1840) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus meidingeri (Heckel, 1851) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus pigus (Lacepède, 1803) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus stoumboudae Bianco & Ketmaier, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| roachRutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus virgo (Heckel, 1852) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rutilus frisii velecensis Chichkoff, 1932 Chichkoff, 1932 | synonym |
| Cyprinus wiresuba Güldenstädt, 1791 Güldenstädt, 1791 | synonym |
| Rutilus frisii frisii (Nordmann, 1840) (Nordmann, 1840) | synonym |
| Gardonus wyrozub Walecki, 1863 Walecki, 1863 | synonym |
| Leuciscus frisii von Nordmann, 1840 von Nordmann, 1840 | synonym |
| Leuciscus frisii caspius Lönnberg, 1900 Lönnberg, 1900 | synonym |
| Rutilus frisi | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275346 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4TTH5. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.