Roach (Rutilus rutilus)
General data
- Main name: Roach
- Climates: Temperate, Continental, Subpolar
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: Europe, Asia
- Introduced: Australia & Oceania
- Distribution: Danube, Volga, Struma (Strymonas), Vardar (Axios), Pineios (Thessaly), Nestos, View all... Don, Rhine, Scheldt, Dnieper, Lake Balkhash, Charente, Lake Baikal, Lake Volvi, Arno, Loire, Murray River, River Severn, River Wye, Daugava (Western Dvina), Narva, Seine, Garonne, Mezen, Northern Dvina, Gudena, Lielupe, Venta, Gauja, Trent, Great Ouse, River Clyde, River Nene, Weser, River Eden (Cumbria), River Witham, River Ribble, River Tees, River Taff, River Ely, River Parrett, Mynajoki River, Oder, Tiber, Po River
Classification
- Genus: Rutilus - Roaches
- Family: Leuciscidae - Chub family
- Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes