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.
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
- Noxious or High Risk Weed or Pest
- Up to 821.96m Recorded at altitude
- 62 images trained Machine learning
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Australian National University Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve Cooma North Ridge Reserve Cotter Reserve Giralang Wetlands Gungahlin Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kambah Pool Lake Ginninderra Molonglo Gorge Mount Mugga Mugga Point Hut to Tharwa QPRC LGA Stranger Pond Umbagong District Park Upper Stranger Pond Urambi Hills -
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Acton, ACT Belconnen, ACT Bonython, ACT Bumbalong, NSW Cooma, NSW Flynn, ACT Franklin, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Giralang, ACT Gordon, ACT Greenway, ACT Hume, ACT Jerrabomberra, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW Latham, ACT McKellar, ACT Molonglo Valley, ACT Nicholls, ACT Numeralla, NSW O'Malley, ACT Paddys River, ACT Queanbeyan East, NSW The Ridgeway, NSW Throsby, ACT Tuggeranong DC, ACT Uriarra Village, ACT Yass, NSW
