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Cyprinus carpio
Carp Carp, n.; pl. Carp, formerly Carps. [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zo["o]l.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp. Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. Carp louse (Zo["o]l.), a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See Branchiura. Carp mullet (Zo["o]l.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. Carp sucker (Zo["o]l.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback.
Cyprinus gibelio
Gibel Gib"el, n. [G. gibel, giebel.] (Zo["o]l.) A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.
Ictiobus or Carpiodes cyprinus
Quillback Quill"back`, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, or Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.

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- genus. Cyprinus acutidorsalis H. L. Chen & H. Q. Huang, 1977 Cyprinus barbatus H. L. Chen & H. Q. Huang, 1977 Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 Cyprinus chilia...
- type subspecies is Cyprinus carpio carpio, native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga Rivers). The subspecies Cyprinus carpio haematopterus...
- Cyprinus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cyprinus gibelioides (Cantor, 1842) Cyprinus mauriti**** (Bennett, 1832) Cyprinus chinensis (Gronow, 1854) Cyprinus...
- Cyprinus rubrofuscus, the Amur carp, is a species of cyprinid fish, and is the wild form of the well-known koi. It is widespread in the fresh waters of...
- of the extinct species Jōmon Koi (Cyprinus sp.) in addition to the modern species of carp (Cyprinus carpio or Cyprinus rubrofuscus) have been excavated...
- (eds.). "Cyprinus carpio". FishBase. May 2012 version. Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758) FAO, Species Fact Sheet. Retrieved May 2012. "Cyprinus carpio"...
- longer than the goldfish (Car****ius auratus) and 21 longer than the carp (Cyprinus carpio). Its gene order and content are identical to the common vertebrate...
- Cyprinus acutidorsalis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyprinus found in China in freshwater. It can reach a total weight of up to 500 g....
- Zhen; Tong, Jin Gou (2003). "Genetic divergence between Cyprinus carpio carpio and Cyprinus carpio haematopterus as ****essed by mitochondrial DNA analysis...
- Cyprinus chilia is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyprinus from several lakes in the Yunnan plateau of China. Zhou, W. & Chen, X.-Y. (2011)...