Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) [I]—Goldfish Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus auratus Linnaeus, 1758: 322 [China; Japanese rivers; no types known].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Guo (2021: 472, fig.). Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Moravec and Amin (1978); confirmed by Coad (1980; 1981: 9; 2014: 318).—Afghanistan materials: CMN. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River basin, Sistan, Pishin Lora drainage, Amu Darya drainage.—General distribution: East Asia: China and Japan; introduced widely elsewhere; many cultivated goldfish varieties.—Habitat: This species inhabits rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds and ditches with stagnant or slow-flowing water. It occurs in eutrophic fresh and brackish waters, well vegetated ponds and canals. Freshwater. Economic importance. Valuable for the aquarium trade. Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5305 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8048564