Fishing for Gold
Posted by Filip Kocev on January 25, 2006
Q: What id really like to is if do carp ,goldfish , roach and tench interbreed
A: Not sure I fully understand your question, but it sounds as though you want to know about these 4 fish interbreeding - what would their young be like? The fish you've given me, carp (Cyprinus carpio) and goldfish (carassius auratus), and tench (Tinca tinca), and roach (Rutilus rutilus) are all in different genera. In other words, not all that closely related. So, it's very unlikely that they would interbreed and if they did, their young probably would never hatch or would be unable to live long. Usually, interbreeding in animals is between very closely related species. So two different kinds of Carpio might interbreed and two different kinds of Carassius might also to produce young. Hope this helps with your question. Thanks for asking.
John Wiessinger ( January 25, 2006)