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Common Roach

Rutilus rutilus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 30,810, February 22,755, March 35,653, April 56,090, May 80,873, June 88,186, July 94,365, August 81,154, September 59,581, October 44,473, November 24,302, December 18,994.
United States637,236
Alaska637,236
Russia712
United Kingdom616
England588
France267
Germany232
Kursk Oblast171
Ukraine160
Poland145

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Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyTrue Minnows · Leuciscidae
GenusRutilus

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