An Overview of Carp

Abstract

Common carp with the scientific name Cyprinus carpio is one of the many freshwater fish. The main birthplace of this fish is commonly thought to have originated in Asia and was later introduced to Europe, North America and elsewhere regions. They can grow up to 120 cm and reach a weight of 37300 grams at the age of 47. Although they are resistant to various environmental conditions, they prefer a large amount of water with a slow or stagnant flow, and of course, they prefer succulents and bedding plants. They tend to be in groups of 5 or more and naturally live in temperate climates in fresh and salty waters with a pH of 7.5-7.5 and a hardness of 10-15. Their adapt temperature range is between 3-24 degrees Celsius. Camphor is omnivorous and eats almost everything it comes across. They enjoy eating plant seeds, aquatic plants, insects, crustaceans, or dead fish.

Anatomy, 3D micro-CT and Semiquantitative Elemental Microanalysis in Common carp vertebrae (Cyprinus carpio; Linnaeus, 1758)

“…As a model of an adaptive and cosmopolitan species, the Common carp (Cyprinus carpio), belonging to the group of teleosts and more speci cally to the cyprinids, possesses characteristics that allow it to survive and thrive in a wide range of aquatic environments worldwide (GISD, 2023). Some of these include tolerance to a wide range of temperatures, as it can survive in waters with temperatures ranging from 4 to 30°C (Liang et al, 2015;Sfakianakis et al, 2004;Vajargah & Vatandoust, 2022), ability to adapt to different oxygen levels, surviving in environments with very low oxygen levels, even in stagnant and poorly oxygenated waters (Zhao et al, 2014;Bauer & Schlott, 2006), ability to adapt to different levels of salinity, both in freshwater and saltwater, allowing it to inhabit rivers, lakes, reservoirs, lagoons, and estuaries (Mubarik et al, 2019;Ahmed & Jaffar, 2022;Malik et al, 2018), a omnivorous diet, adapting to different types of food, including aquatic plants, invertebrates, and small sh, allowing it to take advantage of a wide variety of food resources in different environments (Wei et al, 2021;Horváth, 2019) and size and longevity, growing up to around one meter in length and several kilograms in weight and living up to several decades, allowing it to resist and adapt to longterm environmental changes (Vilizzi & Copp, 2017;Vajargah & Vatandoust, 2022;Hailu, 2013). Together, these characteristics make the Common carp a highly adaptable species.…”