Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Cypriniformes > Family: Cyprinidae > Genus: Carassius > Species: Carassius auratus

Crucian - Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Least Concern (IUCN)

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Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Aranyhal Hungarian Fishbase
Bauernkarpfen German Fishbase
Carache French Fishbase
Caracuda Romanian Fishbase
Caracuda rotunda Romanian Fishbase
Caras Romanian Fishbase
Caras rosu Romanian Fishbase
Caras-auriu Romanian Fishbase
Carasita Romanian Fishbase
Carassin French Fishbase
Carassin doré French Fishbase
Carassio Italian Fishbase
Carassio dorato Italian Fishbase
Carouche French Fishbase
Carpa a specchi Italian Fishbase
Carpe à la lune French Fishbase
Carpin Spanish Fishbase
Carreau French Fishbase
Cheisopsaro Greek Fishbase
Chernyi teleskop Russian Fishbase
Chryssopsaro Greek Fishbase
Ciprino dorato Italian Fishbase
Crucian English Fishbase
Crucian carp English Fishbase
Cyprin French Fishbase
Cyprin doré French Fishbase
Dorade de Chine French Fishbase
Garasita Romanian Fishbase
Gardon carpé French Fishbase
Gareisel German Fishbase
Gareisl German Fishbase
Gibel carp English Fishbase
Gibèle French Fishbase
Goldfisch German Fishbase
Goldfish English Fishbase
Goudvis Dutch Fishbase
Guldfisk Danish Fishbase
Guldfisk Swedish Fishbase
Gullfisk Norwegian Fishbase
Havuz baligi Turkish Fishbase
Karas Polish Fishbase
Karas Russian Fishbase
Karas Serbian Fishbase
Karas obecný Czech Fishbase
Karas pospolity Polish Fishbase
Karas zlocisty Polish Fishbase
Karas zlocisty a. chinski Polish Fishbase
Karas zvychajnyi Ukrainian Fishbase
Karas' obyknovennyi Russian Fishbase
Karasi Albanian Fishbase
Kárász Hungarian Fishbase
Karausche German Fishbase
Karuds Danish Fishbase
Karudse Danish Fishbase
Karuss Norwegian Fishbase
Karusse Danish Fishbase
Kirmizi balik Turkish Fishbase
Koreselj Slovenian Fishbase
Kroeskarper Dutch Fishbase
Kruglyi Russian Fishbase
Kultakala Finnish Fishbase
Meule French Fishbase
Moorkarpfen German Fishbase
Obyknovennyi karas Russian Fishbase
Peixe dourado Portuguese Fishbase
Peixe encarnado Portuguese Fishbase
Peixe-encarnado Portuguese Fishbase
Pesce dorato Italian Fishbase
Pesco rosso Italian Fishbase
Peshk i kuq Albanian Fishbase
Petaloúda Greek Fishbase
Pez rojo Spanish Fishbase
Pimpao Portuguese Fishbase
Pimpão-comum Portuguese Fishbase
Poisson rouge French Fishbase
Ruda Swedish Fishbase
Ruutana Finnish Fishbase
Schneiderkarpfen German Fishbase
Serebryanyi karas' Russian Fishbase
Steenkarper Dutch Fishbase
Søkaruds Danish Fishbase
Søkarusse Danish Fishbase
Sølvkaruds Danish Fishbase
Sølvkarusse Danish Fishbase
Yakut crucian carp English Fishbase
Zlatnakarracuda Bulgarian Fishbase
Zolotaja rybka Russian Fishbase
Synonym Author
Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea
FishBase FishBase
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI search National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: Carassius auratus European Network on Invasive Alien Species
PESI (Synonym) Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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