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Japanese white crucian carp

Amazing fact

Japanese white crucian carp have long been a target for fishing.

鳥羽水族館
Japanese white crucian carp in its habitat (illustration)

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Japanese white crucian carp have long been a target for fishing.

Source鳥羽水族館 — ゲンゴロウブナ

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THE REAL WORLD

The real Japanese white crucian carp

Scientific name
Carassius cuvieri
Japanese name
ゲンゴロウブナ
Group
Freshwater animals
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Carassius
Facts about the real animal.
01

A fish native to the Lake Biwa and Yodo River system and nowhere else.

鳥羽水族館 — ゲンゴロウブナ
02

It feeds on freshwater phytoplankton.

鳥羽水族館 — ゲンゴロウブナ

Basic data

Diet
Freshwater phytoplankton
Range
Lake Biwa and the Yodo River system
鳥羽水族館
Conservation status in Japan
Endangered (EN)Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Red List 2020

Where the Japanese white crucian carp has been recorded

World map with dots where the Japanese white crucian carp has been recorded
Each dot marks a place with observations or specimens shared on GBIF. Some records are of animals that strayed or were brought by people, so the dots are not always where the animal lives.

Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF

Where it livesJapanRivers and wetlands

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Names around the world

简体中文
高身鲫
繁體中文
高身鯽
한국어
떡붕어
Português (Brasil)
Carpa-de-Cuvier
Tiếng Việt
Cá giếc Nhật

Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.

Sources and how we check

We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.

The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.

The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.

The conservation status in Japan is the category in the Red Lists of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, which assess the risk of extinction for wild animals in Japan.

This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.

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