{"id":36481,"count":1,"description":"The Common Roach (Rutilus rutilus, family Cyprinidae, plural also \"common roach\") is a freshwater and brackish water fish native to most of Europe and western Asia. It is locally simply known as \"the roach\", but actually the fishes called \"roach\" can be any species of the genera Rutilus and Hesperoleucus depending on locality.\nThe roach is typically a small fish, often reaching no more than about 35\u00a0cm (14 inches). Maximum length is 45 cm. The body has a blueish silvery color and becomes white at the belly. The fins are red. The number of scales along the lateral line is 39-48. The dorsal and anal fin has 12-14 rays. Young specimen have a slender build, older specimen get a higher and broader body shape. The roach can often be recognized by the big red spot in the iris above and beside the pupil. Colours of the eye and fins can be very pale however in some environments.\nThe roach can most easily be confused with the common rudd, the dace and the ide.\nThe common roach is found...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/roach\/","name":"Roach","slug":"roach","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/36481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=36481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}