# Scardinius plotizza

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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = NT 
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Ford, M. |year=2024 |title=''Scardinius plotizza'' |article-number=e.T135624A137335328 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T135624A137335328.en |access-date=19 April 2025}}</ref>
| taxon = Scardinius plotizza
| display_parents = 3
| authority = [Heckel](/source/Johann_Jakob_Heckel) & [Kner](/source/Rudolf_Kner), 1858
}}

'''''Scardinius plotizza''''', the '''Neretva rudd''', is a [species](/source/species) of freshwater [ray-finned fish](/source/Actinopterygii) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Leuciscidae](/source/Leuciscidae), which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This species is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to the Western [Balkans](/source/Balkans).

==Taxonomy==
''Scardinius plotizza'' was first formally [described](/source/Species_description) in 1858 by the Austrian [ichthyologist](/source/ichthyologist)s [Johann Jakob Heckel](/source/Johann_Jakob_Heckel) and [Rudolf Kner](/source/Rudolf_Kner) with its [type locality](/source/Type_locality_(biology)) given as [Jessero Grande](/source/Crveno_Jezero) near [Vrgorac](/source/Vrgorac) and [Imotski](/source/Imotski), Croatia; and [Livno](/source/Livno) in Bosnia-Herzegovina. This species was formerly considered to be a [synonym](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) of the [common rudd](/source/common_rudd) (''S. erythrophthalmus'').<ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Scardinius|access-date=19 April 2025}}</ref> The Neretva rudd belongs to the genus ''[Scardinius](/source/Scardinius)'', commonly referred to as rudds, which belongs to the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Leuciscinae](/source/Leuciscinae) of the family Leuciscidae.<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Leuciscinae|access-date=19 April 2025}}</ref>

==Etymology==
''Scardinius plotizza'' belongs to the genus ''Scardinius'' and this name is thought to be a [latinisation](/source/Latinisation_of_names) of ''scardafa'', a [vernacular name](/source/vernacular_name) in Italy, Rome in particular, for the Tiber rudd (''[Scardinius scardafa](/source/Scardinius_scardafa)''). The [Specific name](/source/Specific_name_(zoology)), ''plotizza'', is a [vernacular name](/source/vernacular_name) for this fish Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and may be one applied to all "whitefish", "''Weissfische''" in the German of Heckel and Kner.<ref name = ETYFish>{{cite web |url=https://etyfish.org/leuciscinae/ |title=Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows)|author=Christopher Scharpf |date=8 April 2024 |access-date=19 April 2025 |work=The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database |publisher=Christopher Scharpf}}</ref>

==Description==
''Scardinius plotizza'' may be told apart from other European rudd species by having between 37 and 40 scales along the [lateral line](/source/lateral_line); the [anal fin](/source/anal_fin) has {{fraction|9|1|2}} branched fin rays; 11-14 gill rakers; the dorsal profile of the head is  straight, snout pointing forward, tip above the level of the middle of the eye; there is no hump behind the eye; the eye is not close to the dorsal profile of the head in lateral view; the articulation of lower jaw is under or to the front of the eye; the ventral profile of the head has an obvious angle at the articulation of the lower jaw; the head length is equivalent to 19-31% of the [standard length](/source/standard_length); and all fins dark grey in adults. This species has a maximum standard length of {{cvt|39|cm}}.<ref name = FishBase>{{FishBase|Scardinius|plotizza|month=February|year=2025}}</ref>

==Distribution and habitat==
''Scardinius plotizza'' is known only from the [Neretva](/source/Neretva) drainage system in southern Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina. The Neretva rudd prefers slow moving or still water in spring-fed karstic river systems, lakes and associated temporary wetlands.<ref name = iucn/>

==Conservation==
''Scardinius plotizza'' is classified as [Near Threatened](/source/Near-threatened_species) by the [International Union for Conservation of Nature](/source/International_Union_for_Conservation_of_Nature). The threats to this species include water abstraction, pollution, damming and canalisation and [invasive species](/source/invasive_species).<ref name = iucn/> 

==References==
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Category:Scardinius
Category:Fish described in 1858
Category:Taxa named by Johann Jakob Heckel
Category:Taxa named by Rudolf Kner

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