Carassius

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Genus of fishes

title: "Carassius" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["carassius", "cyprininae", "taxa-named-by-feliks-paweł-jarocki"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/carassius" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carassius" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = CarassiusCarassius8.JPG | image_caption = Crucian carp, Carassius carassius | image2 = Common goldfish.JPG | image2_caption = Goldfish, Carassius auratus | taxon = Carassius | authority = Jarocki, 1822 | type_species = Carassius carassius | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | synonyms = {{Genus list | Cyprinopsis | Fitzinger, 1832 | Neocarassius | Castelnau, 1872 | synonyms_ref = | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =

***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.

Species

Carassius contains the following species:

References

References

  1. {{Cof family
  2. Yang, Lei. (November 2010). "Molecular phylogeny of the fishes traditionally referred to Cyprinini sensu stricto (Teleostei: Cypriniformes): Molecular phylogeny of Cyprinini sensu stricto". Zoologica Scripta.
  3. {{Cof genus

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