Common Roach
Rutilus rutilus
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,296
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The roach, or rutilus roach (Rutilus rutilus), also known as the common roach, is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the family Cyprinidae, native to most of Europe and western Asia. Fish called roach can be any species of the genera Rutilus, Leucos and Hesperoleucus, depending on locality. The plural of the term is also roach.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common roach”.