Species Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Roach
Compiler and date details
28 May 2012 - Dianne J. Bray
2006 - Gerald R. Allen, Norbert J. Cross & Douglass F. Hoese
Type data:
Syntype(s) LS 44 half skin, European lakes.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Patchily distributed in the Yarra, Maribyrnong and Werribee rivers and Lake Eildon, Burrumbeet and Purrumbete River system, and more recently in the Barwon, Bunyip, Goulburn and Loddon systems, VIC; recorded from the River Murray, NSW and coastal drainages of southern NSW; temperate. Although Rowe et al. (2008) report the species from Port Stephens, NSW, this record dates back to 1905 and the species does not occur in that area. Originally introduced during the 1860's-1880's by acclimatisation societies to TAS, and from there to VIC, NSW and WA. The species subsequently died out in WA.
Introduced from Europe.
IBRA
NSW, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
Distribution References
- Clunie, P., Stuart, I., Jones, M., Schreiber, S., McKay, S., O'Connor, J., McLaren, D., Weiss, J., Gunasekera, L. & Roberts, J. 2002. A risk assessment of the impacts of pest species in the riverine environment in the Murray-Darling basin. Report produced for Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Strategic Investigations and Riverine Program, Project R2006. Department of Natural Resources and Enviroment, Victoria. pp. 250 [90]
- Rowe, D.K., Moore, A., Giorgetti, A., Maclean, C., Grace, P., Wadhwa, S., & Cooke, J. 2008. Review of the impacts of gambusia, redfin perch, tench, roach, yellowfin goby and streaked goby in Australia. Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. pp. 241 [19]
Ecological Descriptors
Freshwater, omnivore.
General References
Allen, G.R., Cross, N.J. & Hoese, D.F. 2006. Cyprinidae. pp. 345-347 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [347]
McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [217]
McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1996. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : Reed Books 247 pp. [105]
Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [35] (292)
Common Name References
Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Roach)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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07-May-2013 | 07-May-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |