15 Facts About Common carp

Common carp is native to Europe and Asia and has been introduced to every part of the world except the poles.

The original common carp was found in the inland delta of the Danube River about 2000 years ago and was torpedo-shaped and golden-yellow in colour.

The wild forms of Common carp had already reached the delta of the Rhine in the 12th century, probably with some human help.

Koi carp is a domesticated ornamental variety that originated in the Niigata region of Japan in the 1820s, but its parent species are likely the East Asian carp, possibly C rubrofuscus.

The mouth of the Common carp is downwards-turned, with two pairs of barbels, the ones on the bottom being larger.

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Wild common carp are typically slimmer than domesticated forms, with body length about four times body height, red flesh, and a forward-protruding mouth.

Common carp can grow to very large sizes if given adequate space and nutrients.

The largest recorded Common carp, caught by British angler, Colin Smith, in 2013 at Etang La Saussaie Fishery, France, weighed 45.

Common carp have been introduced to most continents and some 59 countries.

In Victoria, the common carp has been declared a noxious fish species, and the quantity a fisher can take is unlimited.

Common carp are thought to have been introduced into the Canadian province of British Columbia from Washington state.

In 2020, scientists demonstrated that a small proportion of fertilized common carp eggs ingested by waterfowl survive passing through the digestive tract and hatch after being retrieved from the feces.

Annual tonnage of common carp produced in China alone, not to mention the other cyprinids, exceeds the weight of all other fish, such as trout and salmon, produced by aquaculture worldwide.

In Western Europe, the carp is cultivated more commonly as a sport fish, although there is a small market for it as a food fish.

Common carp are extremely popular with anglers in many parts of Europe, and their popularity as quarry is slowly increasing among anglers in the United States, and southern Canada.