Carassius auratus

ingleseBody stout, thick-set, caudal peduncle thick and short (Ref. 1998). Head without scales (Ref. 39167, 1998), broadly triangular (Ref. 1998), interorbital space broad, snout longer than eye diameter, maxillary reaching posterior nostril or not quite to eye (Ref. 39166), barbels lacking on upper jaw (Ref. 39104, 1998). Lateral line complete. Dorsal and anal fins with serrate bony spines, pelvic fins short, broad and thoracic. Nuptial tubercles of male fine, on opercle, sometimes on back and a few on pectoral fins. Hybridize readily with carp, hybrids intermediate in most characteristics (Ref. 1998). Caudal fin with 17-19 rays (Ref. 2196). Last simple anal ray osseous and serrated posteriorly; no barbels (Ref. 43281). Pigmentation: Wild-caught specimens, olive brown (Ref. 39168, 39104), slate olive, olive green, with a bronze sheen (Ref. 39104), silvery, grayish yellowish, gray-silver (Ref. 39169), through gold (often with black blotches) to creamy white (Ref. 1998); yellowish white or white below. Cultured forms vary through scarlet, red-pink, silver, brown, white, black and combinations of these colors (Ref. 39104).

• Carassius auratus cantonensis Tchang, 1933
• Carassius chinensis (Gronow, 1854)
• Carassius auratus grandoculis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
• Carassius auratus burgeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
• Carassius discolor Basilewsky, 1855
• Carasius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Carassius grandoculis Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
• Carassius auratus buergeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
• Cyprinus thoracatus Valenciennes, 1842
• Cyprinus auratus Linnaeus, 1758
• Carassius auratus wui Tchang, 1930
• Carassius burgeri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
• Leuciscus auratus Mauduyt, 1849
• Carassius encobia Bonaparte, 1845
• Cyprinus gibelioides Cantor, 1842
• Carassius auratus argenteaphthalmus Nguyen, 2001
• Cyprinus langsdorfii Valenciennes, 1842
• Carassius coeruleus Basilewsky, 1855
• Cyprinus chinensis Gronow, 1854
• Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Cyprinus mauritianus Bennett, 1832
• Cyprinus maillardi Guichenot, 1863
• Carassius pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855
• Carassius carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)