Goldfish
Scientific name: Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Overview
The goldfish is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of the 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 and Australia.
From the Wikipedia article “Goldfish”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Common names
Also known in English as Carassin, gibel carp, Gold carp, Prussian carp.
Names in other languages (12)
- Arabic
- سمك ذهبي
- Bengali
- গোল্ডফিশ
- Chinese
- 金鱼, 鲫鱼
- French
- carassin, cyprin doré, gibèle, poisson rouge
- German
- Giebel, Goldfisch, Silberkarausche
- Hindi
- सुनहरी मछली, सुनहरी मछली (गोल्डफिश)
- Indonesian
- Ikan mas hias
- Japanese
- キンギョ
- Persian
- ماهی قرمز
- Russian
- золотая рыбка
- Spanish
- carpa dorada, Carpín dorado
- Turkish
- Japon baligi, Japon balığı
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: FishBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q123141, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Goldfish”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — No machine-readable author provided. Heptagon assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026