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  2. Carp fishing - Wikipedia

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    Although bighead carp reach large size, they are difficult to capture with a rod and reel because of their filter-feeding habits. They may be captured by the "suspension method" used to catch silver carp , or, where legal, by snagging them by jerking a weighted treble hook through the water.

  3. Common carp - Wikipedia

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    Common carp by Alexander Francis Lydon. The type subspecies is Cyprinus carpio carpio, native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga rivers). [2] [4]The subspecies Cyprinus carpio haematopterus (Amur carp), native to eastern Asia, was recognized in the past, [4] but recent authorities treat it as a separate species under the name Cyprinus rubrofuscus.

  4. Bighead carp - Wikipedia

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    Although bighead carp reach large size, they are difficult to capture with a rod and reel because of their filter-feeding habits. They may be captured by the "suspension method" used to catch silver carp , or where legal, by snagging with a weighted treble hook through the water.

  5. Asian carp - Wikipedia

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    Bighead and silver carp feed by filtering plankton from the water. The extremely high abundance of bighead and silver carp has caused great concern because of the potential for competition with native species for food and living space. Because of their filter-feeding habits, they are difficult to capture by normal angling methods.

  6. Grass carp - Wikipedia

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    Grass carp grow large and are strong fighters when hooked on a line, but because of their vegetarian habits and their wariness, they can be difficult to catch via angling. [18] The IGFA World record for a grass carp caught on line and hook is 39.75 kg (87.6 lb), caught in Bulgaria in 2009. [ 19 ]

  7. Koi - Wikipedia

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    Several koi swim around in a pond in Japan. (video) A school of koi containing multiple different varieties Koi (鯉, English: / ˈ k ɔɪ /, Japanese:), or more specifically nishikigoi (錦鯉, Japanese: [ɲiɕi̥kiꜜɡoi], literally "brocaded carp"), are colored varieties of carp (Cyprinus sp.) that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens.

  8. Crucian carp - Wikipedia

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    The crucian carp (Carassius carassius) is a medium-sized member of the common carp family Cyprinidae. It occurs widely in northern European regions. It occurs widely in northern European regions. Its name derives from the Low German karusse or karutze , possibly from Medieval Latin coracinus (a kind of river fish).

  9. Carp - Wikipedia

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    1913 illustration of Cyprinus carpio, better known as the common carp Common carp in Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. The term carp (pl.: carp) is a generic common name for numerous species of freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large clade of ray-finned fish mostly native to Eurasia.

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