🐟Crucian carp
The crucian carp is a medium-sized member of the carp family Cyprinidae. It occurs widely in northern European regions. Its name derives from the Low German karusse or karutze, possibly from Medieval Latin coracinus.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.
- 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
Everything we know about the Crucian carp
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3 kgmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.15 mrecord 0.64 m · FishBasetypical adultFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
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Maximum lifespan10 yearsmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic level3.11FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 3.11 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humanspotential pestFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderCypriniformes
- ›familyCyprinidae
- ›genusCarassius
- ›speciesCarassius carassius
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- superorderCypriniphysae
- orderCypriniformes
- suborderCyprinoidei
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- superorderCypriniphysae
- orderCypriniformes
- suborderCyprinoidei
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