Common roach

For other uses, see Roach.

Common roach
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Rutilus
Species:	R. rutilus
Binomial name
Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Cyprinus rutilus Linnaeus, 1758 Leuciscus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cyprinus rubellio Leske, 1774 Cyprinus simus Hermann, 1804 Cyprinus lacustris Pallas, 1814 Cyprinus jaculus Jurine, 1825 Leuciscus decipiens Agassiz, 1835 Leuciscus prasinus Agassiz, 1835 Cyprinus xanthopterus Vallot, 1837 Cyprinus fulvus Vallot, 1837 Gardonus pigulus Bonaparte, 1841 Leucos cenisophius Bonaparte, 1841 Leuciscus rutiloides Selys-Longchamps, 1842 Leuciscus selysii Selys-Longchamps, 1842 Leuciscus lividus Heckel, 1843 Leuciscus pausingeri Heckel, 1843 Leucos pigulus Bonaparte, 1845 Leucos cenisophius Bonaparte, 1845 Cyprinus pigus Gronow, 1854 Leuciscus jurinii Dybowski, 1862 Gardonus ruboculus Walecki, 1863 Leuciscus pallens Blanchard, 1866

Common tern (Sterna hirundo) with common roach.

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.