Carassius auratus langsdorfii

Basic information
Scientific name	Carassius auratus langsdorfii	Click to magnify
Common names	Gin-buna
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	East Asia. Taiwan, Korean Peninsula, Continental China, and entire Japan including Ryukyu Archipelago.
Habitat	Backwater in lower part of rivers or bifurcation of rivers. Lowland swamp.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Okinawa
Origin	Within Japan
Date	Unknown.
Route	Deliberate introduction
Impact	Unknown impact. Native organism(s) affected:
Regulation in Japan	Capture of this species is controled by several local governments.
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference	Notes
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-03) http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2002) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 3rd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn) Matsuzawa & Senou (2010) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn) etc.