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Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
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Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Actinopterygii
order
Cypriniformes
family
Cyprinidae
genus
Cyprinus
species
Cyprinus carpio

Name

Synonyms
Carpio carpio gibbosus (Kessler, 1856)
Carpio vulgaris Rapp, 1854
Cyprinus acuminatus Heckel & Kner, 1858
Cyprinus alepidotus Bloch, 1784
Cyprinus angulatus Heckel, 1843
Cyprinus atrovirens Richardson, 1846
Cyprinus bithynicus Richardson, 1857
Cyprinus carpio anatolicus Hankó, 1925
Cyprinus carpio aralensis Spiczakow, 1935
Cyprinus carpio brevicirri Misik, 1958
Cyprinus carpio carpio
Cyprinus carpio caspicus Walbaum, 1792
Cyprinus carpio communis Anonymous
Cyprinus carpio communis Linnaeus, 1758
Cyprinus carpio elongatus Walecki, 1863
Cyprinus carpio fluviatilis Pravdin, 1945
Cyprinus carpio gibbosus Kessler, 1856
Cyprinus carpio haematopterus Martens, 1876
Cyprinus carpio lacustris Fitzinger, 1832
Cyprinus carpio longicirri Misik, 1958
Homonyms
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Abba samuel in Amharic
Adi pullu in Turkish
Aischgrund carp in English
Almindelig karpe in Danish
Ameh in Indonesian
Amur carp in English
Amur wild carp in English
Amurskii sazan in Russian
Amurskiy sazan in Russian
Asian carp in English
Atamara in Turkish
Blubber lips in English
Bongka'ong in language.
Calico carp in English
Carban in language.
Carp in English
Carp in English
Carp in English
Carp in English
Carp in English
Carp in English
Carp in English
Carp in English
Carp in English
Carpa in Italian
Carpa in Spanish
Carpa in Portuguese
Carpa in Portuguese
Carpa in Spanish
Carpa in Spanish
Carpa in Italian
Carpa in Italian
Carpa in Portuguese
Carpa in Spanish
Carpa Asiática in Spanish
Carpa barrigona in Spanish
Carpa comun in Spanish
Carpa común in Spanish
Carpa común in Spanish
Carpa común in Spanish
Carpa común in Spanish
Carpa de escama in Portuguese
Carpa de espejos in Spanish
Carpa espejo in Spanish
Carpa espejo in Spanish
Carpa germana in Spanish
Carpa, carpa común in language.
Carpa-comum in Portuguese
Carpat in French
Carpe in French

Bibliographic References

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  2. Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.) (2014) Catalog of Fishes - Online Version, Updated 18 June 2014. http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
  3. Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.) (2014-07-16 00:00:00) Catalog of Fishes - Online Version, Updated 18 June 2014. http://research.calacademy.org/redirect?url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp
  4. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
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  10. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  11. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
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