Common carp
Cyprinus carpio
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Cyprinus
Where to Find
Found in 16 diving areas across 11 countries and 6 regions.
- South Australia, Australia - 4 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 18 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 15 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 3 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 12 records
- Baltic Coast, Sweden - 1 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 2 records
- Manitoba & Prairie Lakes, Canada - 1 records
- Québec, Canada - 74 records
- Great Lakes, United States - 114 records
- New England, United States - 3 records
- North Carolina, United States - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 1 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 1 records