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Carassius Nilsson, 1832 
AphiaID: 154296

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Cypriniformes (Order) > Cyprinidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Cyprinus carassius Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Cyprinidae
Sources  original description: Nilsson, S. (1832). Prodromus ichthyologiae Scandinavicae. Lundae. Pp i-iv + 1-124. [details]

basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782)

Species Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (alternate representation)

Species Carassius bucephalus Heckel, 1837 accepted as Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782)
Species Carassius charax (Lesniewski, 1837) accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius coeruleus Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius discolor Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius ellipticus Heckel, 1848 accepted as Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782)
Species Carassius humilis Heckel, 1837 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius linnaei Bonaparte, 1845 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius linnei Malm, 1877 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius moles Nordmann, 1840 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius oblongus Heckel & Kner, 1858 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius pekinensis Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Carassius vulgaris Nordmann, 1840 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154296
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-18 08:19:08Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2013-03-11 10:36:30Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carassius Nilsson, 1832. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154296 on 2013-05-19
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