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CarassiusCarassius7🐟

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SpeciesCypriniformesCyprinidae
Fish

🐟Crucian carp

Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)

El carpín (Carassius carassius) es una especie de peces de la familia de los Cyprinidae en el orden de los Cypriniformes.

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≈ 1/21st of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
3 kg
Body length
0.15 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
10 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Crucian carp

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
3 kgmaximum recorded
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Body length
0.15 mrecord 0.64 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

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Maximum lifespan
10 yearsmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
3.11
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.11 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
potential pest
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Volume l
3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Crucian carp yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusCarassius
  6. ›speciesCarassius carassius
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. superorderCypriniphysae
  3. orderCypriniformes
  4. suborderCyprinoidei
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCypriniphysae
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. suborderCyprinoidei
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Karausche (de), karas obecný (cs), ruutana (fi), Carassius carassius (fr), karuss (nb), kroeskarper (nl) … and 23 more languages
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