๐Ÿพ What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Goldfish live?

Carassius auratus has 78,358 records in 100 countries and territories, from 1599 to 2026. Most records come from South Korea.

Goldfish
Goldfish โ€” ืœื™ื ื” ืื‘ื•ื’ื•ืฉ / CC BY-SA 3.0 ยท source
AnimaliaChordataCypriniformesCyprinidaeCarassius

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Korea 30,005
Australia 12,433
United States 9,568
Ukraine 3,702
New Zealand 3,262
Germany 2,432
France 1,837
Spain 1,811
Taiwan 1,563
Japan 1,443
Canada 1,289
Netherlands 1,194
Portugal 1,187
China 904
United Kingdom 874
Belgium 863
Italy 845
Denmark 726
Switzerland 526
Russia 370
Mexico 357
Austria 222
Sweden 219
Norway 57
Lithuania 47
Hong Kong 46
Czechia 45
Greece 43
Uzbekistan 42
South Africa 38
Iran 31
India 28
Vietnam 28
Colombia 19
Luxembourg 19
Poland 19
Slovenia 17
Tรผrkiye 16
Chile 14
Romania 14

Showing the top 40 of 100 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months โ€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map โ€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.