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SpeciesCypriniformesCyprinidae
Fish

🐟Common carp

Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758

Der Karpfen (Cyprinus carpio) ist eine der bekanntesten europäischen Fischarten und als Typusart der Gattung Cyprinus sowohl im Deutschen als auch in der Fachsprache Namensgeber der Familie der Karpfenfische (Cyprinidae), der Überfamilie der Karpfenfischähnlichen (Cyprinoidei) und der Ordnung der Karpfenartigen (Cypriniformes). Er ist seit der Antike ein beliebter Speisefisch, der häufig in Fischteichen angezogen wird und dazu auch in zahlreichen Ländern weltweit eingeführt wurde, wo er teilweise als invasive Art auftritt. Der Wildbestand gilt dagegen heute als bedroht.

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≈ 1/6th of your weight
Also called
Cyprinus carpio, Wild Common Carp
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
11 kg
Body length
0.31 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
47 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Common carp

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
11 kgrecord 40 kg · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.31 mrecord 1.2 m · FishBasetypical adult
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
47 yearsrecord 38 years · FishBase
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
4 days
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 300000
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
3.38
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 3.38 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
potential pest
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
11 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Common carp yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCypriniformes
  4. ›familyCyprinidae
  5. ›genusCyprinus
  6. ›speciesCyprinus carpio
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. orderCypriniformes
  3. suborderCyprinoidei
  4. genusCyprinus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCypriniphysae
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. suborderCyprinoidei
  12. genusCyprinus
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karpe (nb), 德国镜鲤 (zh), ponty (hu), karper (nl), kapr obecný (cs), Karpfen (de) … and 27 more languages

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