Carassius cuvieri

Basic information
Scientific name	Carassius cuvieri	Click to magnify
Common names	Gengoro-buna, Herabuna
Higher taxon	Cyprinidae, Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Biwako-Yodogawa River System, Japan
Habitat	Lakes and ponds.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Almost entire Japan
Origin	Biwako Lake and Osaka, Japan
Date	Introduction to Kasumigaura Lake was in 1930-1931.
Route	Deliberate: For fishery and sports fishing (often recognized as “Hera-buna” in sports fishing).
Impact	Unknown impact. Native organism(s) affected:
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Introduced from Japan to South Korea and China in 1970s. Also from Japan to Taiwan, in unknown period.

Reference

Notes

Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-03) http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm
Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2001) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 2nd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Matsuzawa & Senou (2010) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)
Yanai et al. (2008) The introduction process in alien fishes found from Lake Kasumigaura and Kitaura. Bull Ibaraki Pref Freshwater Fishery Exper St. 41, 47-54 (in Jpn)
etc.