Carassius

Translingual

Carassius auratus

Etymology

Perhaps from Russian карась (karasʹ) and German Karausche

Proper noun

Carassius m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyprinidae – crucian carps.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Cypriniformes - order; Cyprinoidea - superfamily; Cyprinidae - family; Cyprininae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Carassius carassius (crucian carp) - type species; Carassius auratus (goldfish), Carassius cuvieri (Japanese white crucian carp), Carassius gibelio (Prussian carp), Carassius langsdorfii - other species

Coordinate terms

• (genus): Aulopyge, Barbichthys, Barbonymus, Barbus, Capoeta, Carasobarbus, Cirrhinus, Clypeobarbus, Cyclocheilichthys, Cyprinion, Cyprinus, Diptychus, Hemigrammocapoeta, Hypselobarbus, Hypsibarbus, Kosswigobarbus, Labeobarbus, Leptobarbus, Luciobarbus, Messinobarbus, Osteobrama, Poropuntius, Pseudobarbus, Probarbus, Puntioplites, Puntius, Salmophasia, Sawbwa, Schizopyge

References

• Carassius on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carassius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Carassius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons