Goldfish
Carassius auratus
Actinopterygii
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 10-15 yrs
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- School
- Biome
- Freshwater wetland
- Range
- East Asia
- Movement
- Swimming
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Speed
- Status
- Uncommon
About
A small, hardy freshwater cyprinid native to East Asia, domesticated in China over a thousand years ago for its vivid orange coloration. Goldfish can recognize individual human faces and remember them for months.
Life cycle
- 1.hatchling fryA tiny fry hatches with a yolk sac and begins free-swimming once the sac is absorbed.
- 2.juvenileA juvenile takes on adult body shape and feeds on small prey, often in nursery waters.
- 3.adultFully grown at adult size and coloration.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Carassius
- Species
- Carassius auratus