Cyprinus carpio
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Superclassis: Osteichthyes • Classis: Actinopterygii • Ordo: Cypriniformes • Familia: Cyprinidae • Subfamilia: Cyprininae • Genus: Cyprinus • Species: Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
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Wikispecies has an entry on: Cyprinus carpio. |
(common carp or European carp)
For more photos of Cyprinus carpio, see also: Category:Koi
[edit] Koi
Koi is ornamental domesticated varieties of the common carp Cyprinus carpio, developed in Japan.
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 koi up close |
 six types of koi |
 hungry koi begging for food |
 koi grazing on bottom |
 closeup of koi head |
 two types of scale patterns |
 Koi in pond. |
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 Two kois - Maybe a bekko (left) and a Kawarimono (right) |
 Koi Nobori (carp streamers) |
 Banners strung across a canyon in Japan. |
 Close up of a line of Koinobori in Japan. |
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 Kois en Machicullano |
 Aquarium des Zoologischen Garten Berlin |
[edit] Other Carp
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 Scaled Carp in natural habitat |
 Head of Scaled Carp in natural habitat |
 Feral carp from the Netherlands (Flevo Polder). It is from a free spawning population but has descended from cultured carp. |
