Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus 1758
Description
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
[I]—Common carp
Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758: 320 [Europe; syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.139 (1, skin)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 831).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 833, fig. 572).
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 831); confirmed by Bănărescu and Nalbant (1975), Moravec and Amin (1978), Coad (1981: 10; 2014: 153; 2015: 227).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Panj, Murgab, Tedzhen, Kunduz and Khanabad Rivers and translocated somewhere.—General distribution: Western Europe [native to Black Sea basin, possibly also Caspian and Aral seas basins], widely introduced worldwide, also many multicolor varieties.—Habitat: Warm, deep, slow-flowing, and still waters, such as lowland rivers and large, well-vegetated lakes. Introduced in all types of water bodies. Spawns along shorelines or in backwaters. Successful survival of larvae is only possible in very warm water, among shallow submerged vegetation. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Cyprinus
- Species
- carpio
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae. Vol. 1. Ed. X. [Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, ii + 824 pp.
- Berg, L. S. (1949) s. n. In: Ryby presnych vod SSSR i sopredelnych stan. [Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries]. Vol. 2. 4 th Edition. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. [Guide to the Fauna of the U. S. S. R.], Moskva. Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries No. 29. Russian Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moskva, pp. 467 - 925. [in Russian, English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 1964, 496 pp.]
- Moravec, F. & Amin, A. (1978) Some helminth parasites excluding Monogenea from fishes of Afghanistan. Acta Sci Nat Brun, 12, 1 - 45.
- Coad, B. W. (1981) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annoted checklist. National Museum of Canada Publications in Zoology, 14, i - v + 1 - 26.
- Coad, B. W. (2014) Fishes of Afghanistan. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 393 pp.