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Name: |
Goldfish
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Other Common
Names: |
Carp, golden carp, fancy carp, bubble-eye, European crucian carp, gilded carp |
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Scientific
Name: |
Carassius auratus |
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Length: |
Average length is 8 to 16 inches |
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Identification: |
The natural color is olive-brown dorsally to bronze-gold laterally and yellowish-white ventrally. Black, gold, bronze, orange, red, pink, and white or combinations of these colors are often found. Goldfish resemble common carp but lack barbels on upper jaw |
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Photo &
text courtesy of: |
Iowa Department of Natural Resources Iowa Fish and Fishing by James R. Harlan and Everett B.
Speaker with James Mayhew; color illustrations by Maynard F. Reece Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker Konrad Schmidt - James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History |