Common carp

Common carp
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae
Genus:	Cyprinus
Species:	C. carpio
Binomial name
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
native range    introduced range

The common carp (Cyprinus carpio), also known as European carp or Eurasian carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.^[2][3] The native wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),^[1] but the species has also been domesticated and introduced (see aquaculture) into environments worldwide, and is often considered a destructive invasive species,^[2] being included in the list of the world's 100 worst invasive species. It gives its name to the carp family, Cyprinidae.