Roach (Fish) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Fish called roach are members of the carp and minnow family (Cyprinidae): * European roaches, genus Rutilus o The Common Roach, Rutilus rutilus * The California Roach of the monotypic genus Hesperoleucus. The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprinos (, "carp"), consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives (e.g. the barbs and barbels). Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids. It is the largest family of fresh-water fish, with over 2,400 species in about 220 genera. The family belongs to the order Cypriniformes, of whose genera and species the cyprinids make up two-thirds. Following the discovery that the relatively unknown mountain carps are a peculiar lineage of cyprinids, they have been included tentatively as subfamily Psilorhynchinae.