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Common carp: Cyprinus carpio communis
Synonyms:
Cyprinus carpio: Linnaeus, 1758.
C. carpio intha: Annandale, 1918.
Common name: Common carp (English name)
Bangla name: Common carp
Taxonomic position:
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteichthyes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Sub family: Cyprininae
Genus: Cyprinus
Species: C. carpio
Variety: C. carpio communis
Morphometrics description:
Body elongated and head comparatively very small. Dorsal of the body is very convex and abdomen …read more
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Common carp: Cyprinus carpio communis
Common carp [Scientific name: Cyprinus carpio var. communis] is a native species of temperate region of Asia, especially China. But now it is introduced as a cultivated carp species throughout the world. It is also known as scale carp this country. It is an omnivorous bottom …read more
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The mirror carp [Scientific name: Cyprinus carpio var. specularis] is a thermophilic, gregarious fish, dwelling mostly at the bottom of ponds. It is an omnivorous bottom feeder on larvae of insects, worms, molluscs, stalks and leaves of submerged plants and occasionally on zooplankton (Santhanam et al., 1999). The growth of the carp is very rapid, particularly …read more
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