Cyprinus carpio (Common Carp)
Family: Cyrinidae
Status: Introduced.
Size: Reach lengths 120 cm and 40kg. Large scales of bronze to olive in colour above and paler below, forked tail and two pairs barbles on either side of a fleshy lipped mouth. Forked tail. Reduced scaled “Mirror Carp” and scaleless” Leather Carp” varieties occur in the wild. Dorsal and anal fin has a hard serrated front spine. Note that goldfish-carp hybrids do occur with one pair of barbles at the mouth.
Location: Found throughout many parts of the region.
Cyprinus carpio is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Central West NSW | Riverina Murray | Far West New South Wales | Hume | Gippsland
Maps
Albury ANU Dickson Precinct Australian National University Belvoir Park Budjan Galindji (Franklin Grassland) Reserve Bullen Range CA0652 Clyde Cameron Reserve Cooma North Ridge Reserve Cotter Reserve Genoplesium plumosum target area Giralang Wetlands Gungahlin Pond Horseshoe Lagoon and West Albury Wetlands Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kambah Pool Lake Burley Griffin West Lake Ginninderra Mittagong Molonglo Gorge Molonglo River Reserve Mount Mugga Mugga Point Hut to Tharwa Stranger Pond Umbagong District Park Upper Stranger Pond Urambi Hills Wingecarribee Local Government Area WodongaPlaces
Brindabella, NSW Camden South, NSW Camden, NSW Evatt, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Georges Creek, VIC Goodnight, NSW Kambah, ACT Lake Cargelligo, NSW Latham, ACT Lower Portland, NSW Macgregor, ACT Pialligo, ACT Sydney Olympic Park, NSW West Albury, NSW Whitlam, ACT Yarralumla, ACT