Species Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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• Cyprinus rutilus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [324].

  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 and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

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]

Allen, G.R., Midgley, S.H. & Allen, M. 2002. Field Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 394 pp. [362]

Arthington, A. & McKenzie, F. 1997. Review of Impacts of Displaced/Introduced Fauna Associated with Inland Waters. State of the Environment Technical Paper Series (Inland Waters). Department of the Environment : Canberra. 69 pp. [12]

Cadwallader, P.L. & Backhouse, G.N. 1983. A Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Victoria. Melbourne : F.D. Atkinson Government Printer 249 pp. figs. [169]

Clements, J. 1988. Salmon at the Antipodes: A history and review of the trout, salmon and char and introduced coarse fish in Australasia. Ballarat : John Clements pp.

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]

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]

Merrick, J.R. & Schmida, G.E. 1984. Australian Freshwater Fishes Biology and Management. Sydney : J.R. Merrick 409 pp. figs 280 col. figs. [335]

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [217]

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, 73]

Stoessel, D. 2007. Population biology of roach (Rutilis rutilus L.) in Lake Eildon, Australia. M.Sc. thesis, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University.

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

McDowall, R.M. (ed.) 1980. Freshwater Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Sydney : A.H. & A.W. Reed 208 pp., figs, 32 pls. [87] (Roach)

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)
07-May-2013		07-May-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)