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SpeciesCypriniformesCyprinidae
Fish

🐟Goldfish

Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

鲫（学名：Carassius auratus），通稱鲫鱼，俗名鲫瓜子、月鲫仔、土鲫、细头、鲋鱼、寒鲋，粵語稱為鰂魚，为鲤科鲫属的一种，在歐亞地區為常见淡水鱼。鲫鱼经过人工养殖和选育，可以产生许多新品种，例如金鱼就是由此产生的一种观赏鱼类，为其下的指名亚种。

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23
Photos
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Measurements
7
vs you
≈ 1/39th of your weight
Also called
Gold carp, Carassin
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2013.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
1.6 kg
Body length
0.1 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
41 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Goldfish

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

Body mass
1.6 kgmaximum recorded
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Body length
0.1 mrecord 0.48 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
41 yearsrecord 41 years · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
2.78
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
omnivoreaverage
Details ↓

From trophic level 2.78 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
potential pest
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
1.6 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 Goldfish yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusCarassius
  6. ›speciesCarassius auratus
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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guldfisk (da), Goldfisch (de), золотая рыбка (ru), poisson rouge (fr), gullfisk (nb), سمك ذهبي (ar) … and 28 more languages
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Goldfish32023 08 20. Анапа DSC 5600
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