Cyprinus carpio (Common Carp)
Cyprinus carpio (Common Carp)
Family: Cyrinidae
Status: Introduced.
Size: Reach lengths 120 cm and 40kg. Large scales of bronze to olive in colour above and paler below, forked tail and two pairs barbles on either side of a fleshy lipped mouth. Forked tail. Reduced scaled “Mirror Carp” and scaleless” Leather Carp” varieties occur in the wild. Dorsal and anal fin has a hard serrated front spine. Note that goldfish-carp hybrids do occur with one pair of barbles at the mouth.
Location: Found throughout many parts of the region.
Cyprinus carpio is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Far West New South Wales | Gippsland
Species information
- Cyprinus carpio Scientific name
- Common Carp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Major weed or pest
- Up to 821.96m Recorded at altitude
- 77 images trained Machine learning
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Maps
Albury ANU Dickson Precinct Australian National University Belvoir Park Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve Bullen Range Clyde Cameron Reserve Cooma North Ridge Reserve Cotter Reserve Eight Mile Creek Giralang Wetlands Gungahlin Pond Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kambah Pool Lake Burley Griffin West Lake Ginninderra Mittagong Molonglo Gorge Mount Mugga Mugga Point Hut to Tharwa River Murray Reserve (East) Stranger Pond Umbagong District Park Upper Stranger Pond Urambi Hills Wingecarribee Local Government Area Wodonga -
Places
Evatt, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Kambah, ACT Latham, ACT Macgregor, ACT Yarralumla, ACT
