roach
Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Common roach Rutilus rutilus. Original photo by user Algirdas
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Common roach; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:21:41.694791+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Name authority
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- roach
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Rutilus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLeuciscinae Bonaparte, 1835
- genusRutilus Rafinesque, 1820
- speciesRutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Rutilus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Rutilus caspicus (Yakovlev, 1870) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus heckelii (von Nordmann, 1840) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus meidingeri (Heckel, 1851) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus pigus (Lacepède, 1803) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus stoumboudae Bianco & Ketmaier, 2014 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Black Sea roachRutilus frisii (von Nordmann, 1840) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Rutilus virgo (Heckel, 1852) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:4TTHT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.