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 CNM region.

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Species information

• Cyprinus carpio Scientific name
• Common Carp Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Exotic
• Noxious or High Risk Weed or Pest
• 0m to 674m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning

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Location information

• Maps

  Cotter Reserve Gungahlin Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kambah Pool Lake Ginninderra Molonglo Gorge Point Hut to Tharwa Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council Stranger Pond Umbagong District Park Upper Stranger Pond Urambi Hills

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  Belconnen, ACT Bonython, ACT Bumbalong, NSW Flynn, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Giralang, ACT Gordon, ACT Greenway, ACT Hume, ACT Jerrabomberra, ACT Latham, ACT McKellar, ACT Molonglo Valley, ACT Nicholls, ACT Numeralla, NSW Paddys River, ACT Queanbeyan East, NSW The Ridgeway, NSW Throsby, ACT Tuggeranong DC, ACT Uriarra Village, ACT Yass, NSW