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Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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154298  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154298)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Cypriniformes (Order)
  11. Cyprinidae (Family)
  12. Cyprininae (Subfamily)
  13. Carassius (Genus)
  14. Carassius auratus (Species)
accepted
Species
Carasius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Carassius auratus wui Tchang, 1930 · unaccepted (synonym)
Carassius buergeri · unaccepted
Carassius carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (senior synonym)
Carassius coeruleus Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Carassius discolor Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Carassius encobia Bonaparte, 1845 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Carassius pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus auratus Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus chinensis Gronow, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus gibelioides Cantor, 1842 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus maillardi Guichenot, 1863 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cyprinus mauritianus Bennett, 1832 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus auratus Mauduyt, 1849 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)

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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

(of Cyprinus auratus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154298 on 2025-07-18
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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z
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Appeltans, Ward
2010-02-24 08:34:18Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2017-07-12 07:04:06Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2017-08-17 12:56:20Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2020-09-24 06:35:24Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus auratus Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Cyprinus gibelioides Cantor, 1842) Cantor,T. (1842). General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 9: 265-278, 360-370, 481-493., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18684477
page(s): 485 [details] 

original description (of Carassius coeruleus Basilewsky, 1855) Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. [details] 

original description (of Carassius discolor Basilewsky, 1855) Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. [details] 

original description (of Carassius pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855) Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus maillardi Guichenot, 1863) Guichenot, A. (1863). Faune ichthyologique. In: L. Maillard, Notes sur l'ile de la Réunion (Bourbon). <em>Paris. 2nd Partie.</em> Annexe C.: C1-C32. [details] 

original description (of Leuciscus auratus Mauduyt, 1849) Mauduyt, F. (1849). Ichthyologie de la Vienne, ou tableau méthodique et descriptif des poissons qui vivent habituellement dans les eaux de ce département ou qui y remontent périodiquement et accidentellement. <em>Bulletin Société Académique d'Agriculture, Belles-Lettres, Sciences et Arts de Poitiers 1848.</em> v. 3, fasc. 9-12: 8-49. [details] 

original description (of Carassius burgeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1846). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 10-14: 173-269. [details] 

original description (of Carassius grandoculis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel, H. (1846). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 10-14: 173-269. [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus thoracatus Valenciennes, 1842) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus langsdorfii Valenciennes, 1842) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. [details] 

original description (of Cyprinus mauritianus Bennett, 1832) Bennett, E. T. (1832). Observations on a collection of fishes from the Mauritius, presented by Mr. Telfair, with characters of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 165-169. [details] 

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details] 

context source (Schelde) Maris, T., O. Beauchard, S. Van Damme, E. Van den Bergh, S. Wijnhoven & P. Meire. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. [Reference matrices and Ecotope areas Annex to the Evaluation methodology Scheldt estuary Study on “Ecotope areas and intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
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Albanian peshku i kuqkarasi i artë  [details]
Danish guldfisk  [details]
Dutch steenkarpergoudvisgiebel  [details]
English Prussian carpgoldfishgibel carp  [details]
French gibèlecyprin dorécarassin  [details]
German SilberkarauscheGoldfischGiebel  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål gullfisk  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk gullfisk  [details]
Spanish carpa dorada  [details]
Turkish Japon baligi  [details]
Welsh pysgodyn aur  [details]
To Barcode of Life (503 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus gibelioides Cantor, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Carassius pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Carassius discolor Basilewsky, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Carassius coeruleus Basilewsky, 1855)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (456 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus auratus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (671 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carassius auratus auratus) (from synonym Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carassius auratus buergeri) (from synonym Carassius auratus buergeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carassius auratus grandoculis) (from synonym Carassius auratus grandoculis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Carassius auratus) 
To Fishbase 
To FishBase (from synonym Carassius auratus cantonensis Tchang, 1933)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus maillardi Guichenot, 1863)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus auratus Mauduyt, 1849)
To FishBase (from synonym Carassius burgeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To FishBase (from synonym Carassius grandoculis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To Fishbase (from synonym Carassius chinensis (Gronow, 1854))
To FishBase (from synonym Carassius encobia Bonaparte, 1845)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus langsdorfii Valenciennes, 1842)
To FishBase (from synonym Cyprinus mauritianus Bennett, 1832)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus thoracatus Valenciennes, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus chinensis Gronow, 1854)
To FishBase images (Carassius auratus auratus, USA, by Winter, T.J.) (from synonym Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Fishipedia 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (158009 nucleotides; 99921 proteins) 
To GenBank (158009 nucleotides; 99921 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus auratus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (158009 nucleotides; 99921 proteins) (from synonym Carassius carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (242 nucleotides; 187 proteins) (from synonym Carassius buergeri)
To GenBank (242 nucleotides; 187 proteins) (from synonym Carassius auratus buergeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To GenBank (242 nucleotides; 187 proteins) (from synonym Carassius auratus burgeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To GenBank (242 nucleotides; 187 proteins) (from synonym Carassius burgeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To GenBank (426 nucleotides; 520 proteins) (from synonym Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Carassius grandoculis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Carassius auratus grandoculis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Carassius buergeri grandoculis)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Carassius auratus P02027 illustration) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
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