Carassius
Sign in to saveCarassius is a genus in the ray-finned fish family Cyprinidae. Most species in this genus are commonly known as crucian carps, though that term often refers specifically to C. carassius. The most well known species is the goldfish (C. auratus). They have a Eurasian distribution, apparently originating further to the west than the typical carps (Cyprinus genus, which includes the common carp).
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Carassius is a genus of ray-finned fish in the carp family that includes the goldfish and various species called crucian carps, originating from Eurasia. These fish matter because they are widespread and economically important, with the goldfish being one of the world's most recognizable and commonly kept aquarium fish.
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Taxonomy · GBIF
Goldfish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
Observations16,237
Groupactinopterygii
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Carassius is a genus in the ray-finned fish family Cyprinidae. Most species in this genus are commonly known as crucian carps, though that term often refers specifically to C. carassius. The most well known species is the goldfish (C. auratus). They have a Eurasian distribution, apparently originating further to the west than the typical carps (Cyprinus genus, which includes the common carp).
The genus may not be monophyletic, with molecular phylogenetics finding that the genus Carassiodes is nested within Carassius; that clade is in turn sister to the typical carps in the genus Cyprinus.