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Common rudd
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<p>The common rudd (<i>Scardinius erythrophthalmus</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Benthos/DeHzh0sN">bentho</a>-<a href="/facts/Pelagic/D6heJr5f">pelagic</a> <a href="/facts/Freshwater/xMP2TxwI">freshwater</a> <a href="/facts/Actinopterygii/3PNaXXmJ">ray-finned fish</a> belonging to the <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> <a href="/facts/Leuciscidae/B3A9RXf9">Leuciscidae</a>. This species is widely spread in Europe and central Asia, around the basins of the <a href="/facts/North_Sea/htGJNmsb">North</a>, <a href="/facts/Baltic_Sea/jbQJGLQX">Baltic</a>, <a href="/facts/Black_Sea/M0rLKvge">Black</a>, <a href="/facts/Caspian_Sea/Ymc08gkR">Caspian</a> and <a href="/facts/Aral_Sea/jHfMFX0v">Aral</a> seas. </p>