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title: "Pardelha-dos-alpes"
description: "Rutilus rutilus — Peixes. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/common-roach
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pardelha-dos-alpes

> Rutilus rutilus — Peixes. 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.

- Scientific name: *Rutilus rutilus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 5871
- Wikidata: [Q182976](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182976)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69989](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69989)

## Names

- en: Common Roach
- de: Rotauge
- es: Rutilo Común
- fr: Gardon commun
- nl: Blankvoorn
- pt: Pardelha-dos-alpes
- pl: Płoć

## Countries with the most observations

RU (878), GB (828), DE (488), FR (393), FI (262), UA (214), PL (209), DK (160), NL (147), CZ (135), AT (123), SE (105)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_roach

## Photo

![Pardelha-dos-alpes](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-roach/medium.jpg)

Photo: Olly Morgan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97386556

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-roach?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).