#2074 · 🐟 fish

European Carp

🇳🇱 Karper ·Cyprinus carpio

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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1. © lonnyholmes · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Austin D West · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Juan Francisco Tapia · CC BY-NC 4.0
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5. © Kimberly Emerson · CC BY-ND 4.0
6. © Ilja Fescenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
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8. © jrfleullan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common carp or European carp ( Cyprinus carpio ) is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia. The native wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but the species has also been domesticated and introduced into environments worldwide, and is often considered a destructive invasive species, being included in the list of the world's 100 worst invasive species. It...

base stats

NL sightings 334iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 36,927iNaturalist observations
length 53 cmadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 334 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #3 most seen of the fish in NL.
36,927 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
About 53 cm long.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.