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Cyprinus carpio

(Wild Common Carp)

Overview

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Vulnerable

Threat status

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Afrikaans:

Karp

Common Names in Albanian:

Krapi

Common Names in Amharic:

Abba Samuel, Tikure

Common Names in Bahasa Indonesia:

Ikan Mas

Common Names in Bulgarian:

Sharan

Common Names in Cantonese:

Lei Ue

Common Names in Chinese:

Lei ue

Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:

Karp

Common Names in Czech:

Kapr mnohopruhý, Kapr Obecn, Kapr obecná, Karp obecny

Common Names in Danish:

Karpe, Læderkarpe, Sk, Skælkarpe, Spejlkarpe

Common Names in Dutch:

Karper

Common Names in English:

Aischgrund carp, Amur Carp, Amur Wild Carp, Asian carp, Blubber Lips, Calico Carp, Carp, Chinese Carp, Common carp, Edible Carp, Euro, European carp, German carp, Grass carp, Great Carp, Koi, Koi Carp, Leather carp, Mirror carp, Mud Sucker, Nishiki-Koi, Pa nai, Scale carp, Wild carp, Wild Common Carp

Common Names in Estonian:

Karpkala

Common Names in Finnish:

Karppi

Common Names in French:

Carpat, carpe, Carpe commune, Carpe Cuir, Carpe Ko, Carpe Miroir, Carpeau, Carpo, Escarpo, Feuille, Flusskarpfen, Karpenn, Karpf, Kerpaille, Kerpe, Kerpen

Common Names in Gaelic, Irish:

Carban

Common Names in German:

Donaukarpfe, Flu, Karpe, Karpen, Karpf, Karpfen, Lederkarpfen, Mooskarpfen, Schuppenkarpfen, Seebinkel, Spiegelkarpfen, Wei, Weißfische, Wildkarpfen, Zuchtform Zierkarpfen (Koi)

Common Names in Greek:

Cyprinos, Grivadi, Kyprinos, Tarama, Γκοτζάρι, Γριβάδι, Ιταλικό, Ιταλός, Καρλόψαρο, Κυπρίνος, Μποτσικάρι, Σαζάνι, Τσάφα, Τσουκάνι

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Cyprinos, Grivadi, Kyprínos, Γριβάδι, Κυπρίνος

Common Names in Hawaiian:

Nishigoi

Common Names in Hebrew:

Karpion

Common Names in Hungarian:

Ponty

Common Names in Hungarian (Magyar):

Ponty

Common Names in Icelandic:

Karpar

Common Names in Irish:

Carban

Common Names in Italian:

Carpa

Common Names in Japanese:

Koi, コイ, コイ(野生型)

Common Names in Kashmiri:

Punjabe Gad

Common Names in Khmer:

Keatsrong, Trey carp samahn, Trey Kap

Common Names in Kirghiz:

Канылтыр, бакма канылтыр

Common Names in Korean:

이스라엘잉어, 잉어

Common Names in Lao:

Nai, Pba ni

Common Names in Laotian:

Nai, Pa Nai, Pba Ni

Common Names in Latvian:

Karpa

Common Names in Lithuanian:

Karpis

Common Names in Malay:

Ikan mas, Kapor, Lauk mas, Leekoh, Mas massan

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

三角鯉, 三角鲤, 德国镜鲤(引进), 德國鏡鯉(引進), 西鯉, 西鲤, 青鯉, 青鲤, 鮘仔, 鯉, 鲤

Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Su:

Bongka'ong

Common Names in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug:

Bongka'ong

Common Names in Marathi:

Siprinus, Soneri Masha

Common Names in Norwegian:

Karpe

Common Names in Other:

Inkuyu

Common Names in Persian:

Kapoor-E-Maamoli

Common Names in Polish:

Karp, Karp Amurski A. Sazan Amurski, Karp dziki a. sazan, Krap

Common Names in Portuguese:

Carpa, Carpa-Comum, Sarm, Sarmão

Common Names in Prussian, Old:

Sarote

Common Names in Romanian:

Crap

Common Names in Rumanian:

Ciortan, Ciortanica, Ciortocrap, Ciuciulean, Crap, Crapcean, Olocari, Saran, Sulari, Suloi, Ulucari

Common Names in Russian:

Amurskii Sazan, Amurskiy Sazan, Karp, Sazan, сазан амурский, Сазан, карп

Common Names in Serbian:

Saran

Common Names in Sinhalese:

Rata pethiya

Common Names in Slovak:

Kapor

Common Names in Spanish:

Carpa, Carpa Asi, Carpa barrigona, carpa común, Carpa común, Carpa De Espejos, Carpa espejo, Carpa Germana

Common Names in Swedish:

Karp

Common Names in Tagalog:

Karpa

Common Names in Thai:

Pla lee heu, Pla lee ko, Pla nai, ปลาหลีฮื้อ, ปลาหลีโก, ปลาไน

Common Names in Toba, Batak:

Dengke, Ihan Mas

Common Names in Turkish:

Adi pullu, Atamara, Sazan baligi

Common Names in Ukrainian:

Karp, Korop

Common Names in Venda:

Kapa

Common Names in Vietnamese:

Cá Chép, Cá dáy, Cá gái, Cá gáy, Cá L? than th?p, Cá Lợ than thấp

Common Names in Welsh:

Cerpyn

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 193 meters (632 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Cyprinus carpio carpio (Linnaeus) • Cyprinus carpio multitaeniataCyprinus carpio multitaeniata Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936 • Cyprinus multitaeniataCyprinus multitaeniata Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 04-Nov-2003

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Cyprinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 111 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. abramioides (Clanwilliam Yellowfish) · C. acutidorsalis (Wild Common Carp) · C. agone (Mediterranean Shad) · C. alburnus (Sardine) · C. americanus (Southamerican Kingcroaker) · C. angra (Angra Labeo) · C. aspius (Aral Asp) · C. atpar (Eastern Blacknose Dace) · C. atromaculatus (Horned Dace) · C. auratus (Gold Crucian Carp) · C. balitora (Balitora Minnow) · C. ballerus (Columbia River Minnow) · C. barbus (Barbet) · C. barila (Barred Baril) · C. barna (Barna Baril) · C. bata (Bata Labeo) · C. bipunctatus (Riffle Minnow) · C. bjoerkna (Silver Bream) · C. boga (Boga Labeo) · C. bola (Indian Trout) · C. brama (Freshwater Bream) · C. cachius (Silver Hatchet Chela) · C. calbasu (Orange-Fin Labeo) · C. carassius (Yakut Crucian Carp) · C. carpio (Wild Common Carp) · C. carpio carpio (Aischgrund Carp) · C. carpio haematopterus (Amur Carp) · C. catla (Catla) · C. catostomus (Long-Nosed Sucker) · C. caurinus (Redmouth Sucker) · C. cephalus (Mediterranean Chub) · C. chagunio (Medium Carp) · C. chola (Chola Barb) · C. cirrhosus (Mrigal Carp) · C. commersonnii (Coarse Scaled Sucker) · C. conchonius (Rosy Barb) · C. cornutus (Common Shiner) · C. cotio (Cotio) · C. crysoleucas (Golden Shiner Minnow) · C. cultratus (Sabre Carp) · C. curmuca (Curmuca Barb) · C. dangila (Dangila Danio) · C. daniconius (Blackline Rasbora) · C. danrica (Flying Barbs) · C. devario (Sind Dario) · C. elanga (Bengala Barb) · C. erythrophthalmus (Pearl Roach) · C. fimbriatus (Fringed-Lipped Peninsula Carp) · C. gelius (Golden Dwarf Barb) · C. gibelio (Prussian Carp) · C. gobio (Issyk-Kul Gudgeon) · C. gonius (Kuria Labeo) · C. gonorynchus (Beaked Sandfish) · C. gora (Gora-Chela) · C. gotyla (Stone Roller) · C. gracilis (Saskatchewan Dace) · C. guganio (Glass-Barb) · C. carpio subsp. carpio (Amur Wild Carp) · C. idus (Silver Orfe) · C. ilishaestomus (Top-Mouth Carp) · C. intha (Inle Carp) · C. jaya (Carplet) · C. kontius (Coal Eyed Carp) · C. labeo (Barbel Steed) · C. latius (Gangetic Latia) · C. laubuca (Indian Hatchet Fish) · C. leptocephalus (Amur Asp) · C. longipectoralis (Long Pectoral-Fin Carp) · C. maxillingua (Cutlips Minnow) · C. megalophthalmus (Big-Eye Carp) · C. micristius (Dianchi Carp) · C. mola (Pale Carplet) · C. morar (Aspidoparia) · C. nasus (Common Nase) · C. niloticus (Nile Labeo) · C. novacula (Novacula Razorbelly Minnow) · C. nukta (Nukta) · C. oblongus (Creek Chubsucker) · C. oregonensis (Columbia River Dace) · C. pangusia (Pangusia Labeo) · C. pellegrini (Barbless Carp) · C. perenurus (Swamp Minnow) · C. phoxinus (European Minnow) · C. phulo (Finescale Razorbelly Minnow) · C. phutunio (Cuming's Two-Banded Barb) · C. potail (Deccan Labeo) · Puntius terio (Puntio Barb) · C. putitora (Common Himalayan Mahseer) · C. rasbora (Gangetic Scissortail Rasbora) · C. rerio (Zebra Fish) · C. richardsonii (Spotted Snow Trout) · C. rohita (Ruee) · C. sapa (Southwest White-Eye) · C. sarana (Peninsular Olive Barb) · C. sericeus (Amur Bitterling) · C. shacra (Shacra Baril) · C. sophore (Spotfin Swamp Barb) · C. sucatio (River Stone Carp) · C. sucetta (Lake Chubsucker) · C. terio (One Spotted Barb)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

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Footnotes

  1. Standard Deviation = 372.770 based on 5,295 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/20/2012