#2078 · 🐟 fish

Common Roach

🇳🇱 Blankvoorn ·Rutilus rutilus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Jörg Freyhof · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Анатолий Кузьмин · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Francois Libert · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ernesto Cavallini · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Damir Yumagulov / Дамир Юмагулов · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Vytautas · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Kutushev Radik · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Andreas Manz · CC0
9. © Martin Grimm · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The roach ( Rutilus rutilus ), also known as the common roach , is a fresh and brackish water fish of the Cyprinidae family, native to most of Europe and western Asia. Fishes called roach can be any species of the genera Rutilus and Hesperoleucus , depending on locality. The plural of the term is also roach.

base stats

NL sightings 150iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,027iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 150 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #7 most seen of the fish in NL.
6,027 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).