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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Cyprininae — the crucian carp.

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Examples

  • The goldfish - Latin name Carassius auratus auratus - is usually small enough to be kept in

    Field & Stream - 2010

  • Seven species of fish are recognized in the Mongolian Dauria ecoregion, of which 2 (Carassius auritus gibelia and Cyprinus carpio haematopterus) are considered game fish.

    Daurian forest steppe 2008

  • Don't forget to capitalize the genus, as in Carassius auratus.

    get ich quick 2007

  • (Carassius carassius), a close relative to the goldfish (Carassius auratus), looks very much like any other temperate freshwater cyprinid.

    Evolution versus "Intelligent Design" - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • The best-known version is funa-zushi, made with rice and goldfish carp Carassius auratus from Lake Biwa, north of Kyoto.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The best-known version is funa-zushi, made with rice and goldfish carp Carassius auratus from Lake Biwa, north of Kyoto.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • (Carassius carassius) in ricefields and to nurture grass carp fingerlings in ricefields.

    Chapter 4 1995

  • Chen Jiangxing and Gao Kai achieved good results using common carp fry (Cyprinus carpio), and in 1979, the Antiepidemic Station of Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, used silver crucian carp (Carassius auratus) and grass carp

    Chapter 4 1995

  • (Ctenopharyngodon idella), tilapia (Oreochromis nilotica), lotus carp, dull carp, and Hunan crucian carp (Carassius auratus).

    Chapter 5 1995

  • The fish species stocked in the ricefields were common carp (Cyprinus carpio), crucian carp (Carassius auratus), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus), and silver carp

    Chapter 4 1995

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