The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Carassius carassius

 – Lower Risk Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: ACTINOPTERYGII
Order: CYPRINIFORMES
Family: CYPRINIDAE
Scientific Name: Carassius carassius
Species Authority: (Linneaus, 1758)
Infra-specific Taxa Assessed:

See Carassius carassius (European subpopulation)

Common Name/s: CRUCIAN CARP (Eng)

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LR/lc    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Albania; Andorra; Armenia; Austria; Belarus; Bulgaria; China; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; Georgia; Germany; Gibraltar; Holy See (Vatican City State); Hungary; Italy; Japan; Kazakhstan; Korea, Republic of; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Moldova, Republic of; Montenegro; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan, Province of China; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine


Introduced:

Belgium; Chile; Colombia; Croatia; Cyprus; Ethiopia; France; Greece; India; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Kenya; Nepal; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Thailand; United Kingdom; United States

Habitat and Ecology

System: Freshwater

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Allardi, J. and Keith, P. 1991. Atlas Préliminaire des Poissons D'eau Douces de France. Volume 4. Coll. Patrimoines Naturels, Secrétariat Faune Flore, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.


Citation: World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Carassius carassius. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 July 2008.
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