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Common roach
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<p>The roach, or rutilus roach (<i>Rutilus rutilus</i>), also known as the common roach, is a fresh- and <a href="/facts/Brackish_water/f6z3UXCa">brackish-water</a> fish of the <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> <a href="/facts/Cyprinid/jVQrgNht">Cyprinidae</a>, native to most of Europe and western Asia. Fish called roach can be any <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of the <a href="/facts/Genera/m8EFjSms">genera</a> <i><a href="/facts/Rutilus/cqKdFx1R">Rutilus</a></i>, <i><a href="/facts/Leucos/yL9A8aIF">Leucos</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Hesperoleucus/kSaJyN6R">Hesperoleucus</a></i>, depending on locality. The plural of the term is also roach. </p>