Italian Rudd
Scardinius hesperidicus Bonaparte, 1845
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
Scardinius hesperidicus, the Italian rudd is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This species is found in the Po and Adriatic drainages east of the Po in Italy, San Marino and Switzerland, and has been introduced into other area watersheds, especially in Italy.
Wikipedia contributors, Scardinius hesperidicus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:57:25.957894+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Scardinius hesperidicus Bonaparte, 1845
- Name authority
- Bonaparte, 1845
- Common name
- Italian Rudd
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Scardinius
- 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
- genusScardinius Bonaparte, 1837
- speciesScardinius hesperidicus Bonaparte, 1845
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Scardinius. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Scardinius elmaliensis Bogutskaya, 1997 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| ruddScardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scardinius graecus Stephanidis, 1937 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scardinius knezevici Bianco & Kottelat, 2005 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Neretva ruddScardinius plotizza Heckel & Kner, 1857 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scardinius scardafa (Bonaparte, 1837) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scardinius acarnanicus Economidis, 1991 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bulldog ruddScardinius dergle Heckel & Kner, 1857 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Scardinius racovitzai Müller, 1958 | 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 |
|---|---|
| Scardinius rhodophthalmus Heckel, 1845 Heckel, 1845 | 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.
- Bonaparte, C. L. (1845). Rilievi sul volume XVII dell’ “Istoria naturale dei pesci” di Valenciennes che contiene i Leuciscini. Atti Della Sesta Riunioni Delli Scienziati Italiani, Milano (for 1844): 431–438. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.5781 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:4V2SS. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.