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Carassius

Genus of fishes

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Crucian carp, around 6 months old, 7 cm, from Haarlem, the Netherlands. The eyespot at the base of the tail is fading a little.
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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.

Species

Carassius contains the following species:

  • Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Goldfish)
  • Carassius buergeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
  • Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758) (Crucian carp)
  • Carassius cuvieri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Japanese white crucian carp)
  • Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782) (Prussian carp)
  • Carassius langsdorfii Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 (Ginbuna)
  • Carassius praecipuus Kottelat, 2017

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