Common cairp
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| Common cairp | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Faimily: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Cyprinus |
| Species: | C. carpio |
| Binomial name | |
| Cyprinus carpio | |
The common cairp, European cairp or simply cairp (Cyprinus carpio) is a widespread freshwatter fish o eutrophic watters in lochs an lairge rivers in Europe an Asie.[2][3] The native wild populations are conseedert vulnerable tae extinction bi the IUCN,[1] but the species haes an aa been domesticatit an introduced intae environs warldwide, an is eften conseedert a destructive invasive species,[2] bein includit in the leet o the warld's 100 warst invasive species. It gies its name tae the cairp faimily Cyprinidae.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Freyhof, J. & Kottelat, M. (2008). "Cyprinus carpio". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fishbase: Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
- ↑ Arkive: Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
