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<br />Table of Characters. ...
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<br />[TL, total length; cm, centimeter; m, meter] "TI
<br /> Cl
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<br /> CD
<br /> Maximum cEO
<br /> Common =
<br />Scientific name adult size Pharyngeal teeth Tooth morphology Barbels Body/fin pigmentation :2
<br /> name Cl
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<br />~ Cl.
<br />Carassius auratus Goldfish 59cm 0,4-4,0 Somewhat molar-like, but narrow and smooth- absent Wild types typically olivaceous, but cultured cEo
<br /> CD
<br /> edged, without extensive grinding surfaces varieties vary considerably =
<br /> Cl
<br /> c:
<br />Carassius carassius Crucian Carp 64cm 0,4-4,0 Not molarifoml, without flattened grinding absent Body golden copper, darkcr dorsally; fins rcd- CIl
<br />C"')
<br /> surfaces dish; black spot at base of caudal (more evident l>>
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<br /> in juvenilcs) CIl
<br /> l>>
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<br />Ctenopharyngodon idella Grass Carp 1.5m 2,5-4,2 or 2,4-5,2 Prominent parallel grooves on grinding surfaces absent Dark grey or olivaceous dorsally, to silvery white Cl.
<br /> laterally s::
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<br />Cyprinlls carpio Common Carp at least I m 1,1,3-3,1,1 Molariform, with flattened grinding surfaces on present Body color brassy to yellow; lower fins often Cl
<br /> :E
<br /> main teeth (two on yellow-orange; considerable variation in cultured CIl
<br /> each side) varieties C"')
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<br />Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Silver Carp at least I m 0,4-4,0 Grinding surfaces striated absent Sides plain, lacking scattercd dark blotches ::::!.
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<br /> Cl.
<br /> l>>
<br />Hypophthalmichthys nobilis Bighead Carp at least I m 0,4-4,0 Moderately long, bluntly rounded absent Sides with numerous small, irregularly shaped ~
<br /> dark blotches =
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<br /> CD
<br />Leucisclls idlls Ide 1m 3,5-5,3 Smooth, not serrated absent Dark dorsally and laterally above lateral line; c:
<br /> lower portion of sides and belly silver; paired en
<br /> fins reddish l
<br />Mylopharyngodon picells Black Carp 2m 0,4-5,0 or 0,5-4,0; Massive, molar-like, smooth (not grooved), absent Body and fins blue gray to black; ventral surface ..,
<br />c:
<br /> sometimes with I or 2 wide masticatory surfaces, no hooks of head and abdomen grayish white Cl.
<br /> CD
<br /> small teeth in inner row -
<br /> Cl
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<br />Rhodells sericells Bitterling II cm 0,5-5,0 Serrate, hooked absent Dorsum gray-green; sides and belly silvery; fins !!!.
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<br /> pale orange; a gray-green stripe along mid-line c:
<br /> of body from under dorsal fin to caudal peduncle CD
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<br /> ::::;:
<br />Scardinills erythrophlhalmlls Rudd 45 cm 3,5-5,3 Serrate, hooked absent Dorsum brassy; upper sides silvery; median fins C;'
<br /> l>>
<br /> blood red in large nuptial males -
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<br />Tinca tinca Tench SOcm 0,4-5,0 or 0,5-5,0 Molariform, with flattened grinding surfaces on present Variable, dark brown, black, greenish or greenish
<br /> main teeth; in juveniles wedge-shaped, slightly (one on yellow
<br /> hooked at tip each side)
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