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8 Foreign Nonindigenous Carps and Minnows (Cyprinidae) in the U.S.-A Guide to their Identification 2b. No barbels around the mouth; pharyngeal teeth in one row (0,4-4,0; fig. 3B); body relatively deep and compressed (except in some stunted forms that are relatively elongate or in certain ornamental forms exhibiting bizarre body shapes)........................................................................Go to 3 (A) Common Carp (8) Goldfish M~T Figure 3. Pharyngeal teeth: (A) Common Carp [1,1,3-3,1,1], and (8) Goldfish [0,4-4,0]. 3a. Upper margin of dorsal fin straight or slightly concave (fig. 4A); caudal fin deeply emarginate; rakers on first gill arch 37-52; spine-like ray of dorsal fin deeply serrated on posterior margin with 10-11 teeth (denticles) becoming markedly larger towards tip of ray; lining of abdominal cavity (peritoneum) darkly pigmented; no dark spot at base of caudal fin; color of wild types typically olivaceous or olive bronze, but cultured varieties may be white, silver, pink, gold, brassy gold, orange, or blotched orange, black, or a combination of these colors. ................................................................................................. Goldfish (Carass ius au ratus) Page 19 3b. Dorsal-fin margin slightly convex (fig. 4B); caudal fin slightly emarginate; rakers on first gill arch 22-33; spine-like ray of dorsal fin serrated on posterior margin, typically with 28-29 teeth (denticles) of about the same size; lining of abdominal cavity (peritoneum) light; a dark spot at the base of the caudal fin, more evident in juveniles but sometimes also present on adults; color typically coppery-gold but may be silvery-white. ...................................................................................... Crucian Carp (Carassius carass ius) Page 25 (A) Goldfish Figure 4. Concave dorsal fin of (A) Goldfish, and convex dorsal fin of (8) Crucian Carp.