Carp

This article is about the fish. For other uses, see Carp (disambiguation).
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]

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  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.