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  2. Carp - Wikipedia

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    Carp. 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. While carp are prized quarries and are ...

  3. Eurasian carp - Wikipedia

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    Eurasian carp. Painting by Ellen Edmonson. The Eurasian carp or European carp (Cyprinus carpio), widely known as the common carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia. [2][3] The native wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation ...

  4. Grass carp - Wikipedia

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    Grass carp. The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is a species of large herbivorous freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the Pacific Far East, with a native range stretching from northern Vietnam to the Amur River on the Sino-Russian border. [2] This Asian carp is the only species of the genus Ctenopharyngodon.

  5. Bighead carp - Wikipedia

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    The bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish native to East Asia, and is one of several Asian carps introduced into North America. It is one of the most intensively exploited fishes in fish farming, with an annual worldwide production of over three million tonnes in 2013, principally from China. [2]

  6. Crucian carp - Wikipedia

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    Carassius oblongus Heckel & Kner, 1858. Carassius linnei Malm, 1877. The crucian carp (Carassius carassius) is a medium-sized member of the common carp family Cyprinidae. 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).

  7. Asian carp - Wikipedia

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    Asian carp is a grouping of fishes commonly used to mean silver, bighead carp, white and black amur, [note 1] which are regarded invasive in the United States.These four species, also known as copi, are native to China where they are collectively known as qing cao lian yong (青草鲢鳙) or si da jia yu (四大家鱼, "Big Four domesticated fish") [note 2] and are farmed for food.

  8. Prussian carp - Wikipedia

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    An orange colored wild-caught Prussian carp with goldfish -like coloration. The Prussian carp is a deep-bodied, robust fish which resembles the crucian carp (Carassius carassius) and grows to about 10 to 35 cm (4 to 14 in) in length. Its scales are larger than those of the crucian carp, and it typically has 27 to 32 scales along the lateral ...

  9. Silver carp - Wikipedia

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    The silver carp or silverfin (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to China and eastern Siberia, from the Amur River drainage in the north to the Xi Jiang River drainage in the south. [2] Although a threatened species in its natural habitat, it has long been cultivated in China as ...

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