Carassius
Giebel (Carassius gibelio )
Carassius is a genus of the carp family. Their original area of distribution is through multiple introduction to other regions are difficult to reconstruct. Today, the three species are distributed almost throughout the Palearctic and to find from Europe to the Arctic watershed in Siberia and in the temperate and warm parts of East Asia.
It's small and medium size fish with a typical carp fish shape. The body is stretched and compressed laterally, at the age an increasing Hochrückigkeit developed. A back or stomach Kiel missing. The mouth is terminal and bears no barbels. The long dorsal fin is supported by three to four undivided and divided 14 to 20 soft rays. The anal fin is short and carries two to three undivided and five to six, rarely seven, Split soft rays. Carassius species carry a number pharyngeal teeth, which is open on each side, each with four laterally flattened teeth. Along the full and straight lateral line 21 to 38 sit firmly in the skin anchored scales.
Species
- Crucian carp (Carassius carassius ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Carassius cuvieri Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
- Giebel (Carassius gibelio ) ( Bloch, 1782 )
- Temminck & Schlegel Carassius langsdorfii, 1846