Goldfish

Goldfish
Goldfish
Chinese	金鱼
Literal meaning	"gold fish"
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	jīnyú

Goldfish
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Carassius
Species:	C. auratus
Binomial name
	Carassius auratus; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	List of synonyms Carassius discolor (Basilewsky, 1855); Carassius burgeri (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846); Carassius coeruleus (Basilewsky, 1855); Carassius encobia (Bonaparte, 1845); Carassius grandoculis (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846); Carassius pekinensis (Basilewsky, 1855); Cyprinus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758); Cyprinus gibelioides (Cantor, 1842); Cyprinus mauritianus (Bennett, 1832); Cyprinus chinensis (Gronow, 1854); Cyprinus maillardi (Guichenot); Cyprinus nigrescens (Günther, 1868); Cyprinus thoracatus (Valenciennes 1842); Neocarassius ventricosus (Castelnau, 1872); ;

The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It is commonly kept as a pet in indoor aquariums, and is one of the most popular aquarium fish. Goldfish released into the wild have become an invasive pest in parts of North America.

Native to China, the goldfish is a relatively small member of the carp family (which also includes the Prussian carp and the crucian carp). It was first selectively bred for color in imperial China more than 1,000 years ago, where several distinct breeds were developed. Goldfish breeds vary greatly in size, body shape, fin configuration, and coloration (various combinations of white, yellow, orange, red, brown, and black are known).

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