Cyprinidae

Black Sea roach

Rutilus frisii

Seventy Centimeters Carp of European Waters

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Fusiform
• Large
• Temperate fish

Do not confuse it with another fish called the kutum, Rutilus kutum Rutilus frisii, the Black Sea roach or kutum, is a species of freshwater and brackish water ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This fish is found in the Black Sea basin in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.