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Carassius auratus

Gold carp

Introduced to HawaiʻiIUCN: least concernbrackishfreshwater

(Linnaeus, 1758)Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 154298 ↗

4

Bishop specimens

0

Type specimens

1901

First collected

1929

Last collected

No recent record

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

In the Library

Bishop Museum publications whose pages name Carassius auratus, most mentions first.

  1. 2002

    Nonindigenous marine species in Kane‘ohe Bay, O‘ahu, Hawai‘i

    Coles, S.L., R.C. DeFelice & L.G. Eldredge · Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey · 1 page

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Two centuries of collecting

1900s1920s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1901 by U.S. Fish Commission (Oʻahu).