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Petzea rudd
Scardinius racovitzai
Scardinius racovitzai, Racovitza's 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 extinct in the wild and was formerly endemic to Romania.
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Range & habitat
Scardinius racovitzai was endemic to one small lake fed by a geothermal spring near Oradea in Bihor County in northwestern Romania. This lake is known locally as Pețea or Ochiul Mare and is located in the upper reaches of the Peța River, a minor left-bank tributary of the Crișul Repede River in the upper Tisza River system. Captive populations of this species are held in institutions in Hungary, Czechia and Austria.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In human culture
Scardinius racovitzai belongs to the genus Scardinius and this name is thought to be a latinisation of scardafa, a vernacular name in Italy, Rome in particular, for the Tiber rudd (Scardinius scardafa). The specific name is an eponym and honours the Romanian cave biologist and zoologist Emil G. Racovitza, to mark the tenth anniversary of his death.
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 112123.