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 valued (even commercially cultivated) as both food and ornamental fish in many parts of the Old World,[1] they are considered trash fish and invasive pests in many parts of Africa, Australia and most of the United States.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Short Reports - How to Cook a Carp". TPWD. Texas. Archived from the original on 2023-03-26. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  2. ^ "What are Invasive Carp?". USGS. United States. Archived from the original on 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  3. ^ "Carp in the Murray-Darling Basin and Commonwealth environmental water". DCCEEW. Commonwealth of Australia. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-03-10. Retrieved 2023-07-23.

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