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Common roach
| Common roach | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Rutilus |
| Species: | R. rutilus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rutilus rutilus | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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.[3]
- ^ Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Rutilus rutilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T19787A9014741. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T19787A9014741.en.
- ^ "Synonyms of Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Fishbase. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Rutilus rutilus". FishBase.
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