Cyprinus carpio var communis ';
General information
Cyprinus carpio var communis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
 
Common nameCommon carp
Valid name Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Cyprinus cirrosus Schaeffer, 1760
Carpio carpio gibbosus (Kessler, 1856)
Cyprinus vittatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1842
Cyprinus conirostris Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
Cyprinus macrolepidotus Meidinger, 1794
Carpio vulgaris Rapp, 1854
Cyprinus chinensis Basilewsky, 1855
IUCN Red List status (2014)
Vulnerable (VU)
Habitat
Freshwater
Systematics
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Actinopterygii; Neopterygii; Teleostei; Ostariophysi; Cypriniformes; Cyprinidae.
Geographical distribution
India; China; Japan; Indonesia; Bangladesh; Malaysia; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Taiwan; South Korea; Vietnam; Israel; Iraq; Iran; Egypt; Myanmar; Jordan; Syria; Lebanon; Hong Kong; Laos; Cambodia; Brunei; Bhutan; Nepal; Mongolia; Afghanistan; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Turkey; Russia; Australia; New Zealand; Papua New Guinea; South Africa; Tanzania; Madagascar; Algeria; Kenya; Morocco; Nigeria; Namibia; Cameroon; Mozambique; Ghana; Sudan; Ivory Coast; UK; Germany; France; Spain; Portugal; Italy; Greece; Bulgaria; Ukraine; Romania; Georgia; Azerbaijan; Norway; Sweden; Denmark; Ireland; Finland; Belgium; Netherlands; USA; Mexico; Canada; Brazil; Argentina; Colombia; Peru; Venezuela; Chile; Uruguay; Suriname; Hawaii; Panama; Cuba; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Guatemala; Honduras; Fiji; Guam; El Salvador; Albania; Austria; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Estonia; Hungary; Latvia; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia; Malta; Moldova; Montenegro; Poland; Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Switzerland; Botswana; Central African Republic; Ethiopia; Lesotho; Malawi; Mauritius; Reunion; Rwanda; Swaziland; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Occurrence Introduced: India, Japan, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Myanmar, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, Bhutan, Nepal, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Namibia, Cameroon, Mozambique, Ghana, Ivory Coast, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Romania, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Uruguay, Suriname, Hawaii, Panama, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Fiji, Guam, El Salvador, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland, Botswana, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mauritius, Reunion, Rwanda, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe
Native: China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Russia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Serbia, Slovakia
Not established: Algeria, Sudan, Jamaica, Honduras, Malawi, Zambia
Importance
Food/ornamental
Remarks
Model species
Karyological information
Geographical area of study Kalyani, West Bengal, India
Source of chromosomes
Gill, Kidney and Testis
Number of specimens with sex
7
Diploid chromosome number
100
Karyotype formula
24m+24sm+52T
Fundamental arm number
Chromosome length
Not reported
Sex chromosome
Not detected
Chromosome staining/banding/FISH
Nil
Reference(s)
Barat A (1985). A Study of Chromosomes in Some Indian Teleost (Pisces). Ph.D. Thesis, Kalyani University, West Bengal, India.
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