Cyprinus carpio
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Summary
Cyprinus carpio is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,329 views/month, #1,021 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: fractional spawner[3]
- Taxon rank: species[4]
- IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
- Parent taxon: Cyprinus[6]
- Taxon name: Cyprinus carpio[7]
- Commons category: Cyprinus carpio[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cyprinus carpio[9]
- Commons gallery: Cyprinus carpio[10]
- Main food source: insect[11], zooplankton[12], Palinuridae[13], Mollusca[14], worm[15]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17]
- This taxon is source of: carp[18]
- Short name: C. carpio[19]
- Taxon common name: Common carp[20], Wild Common Carp[21], kapr obecný[22], karper[23], carpe commune[24], common carp, carp[25], Gemeine Karpfen[26], karppi[27], karpe[28], 鲤鱼[29], krap[30]
- Different from: fish[31]
- MCN code: 0302.73.00[32]
- Length: 0.53 m[33]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
- Invasive to: Australia[35]
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Identifiers
Cyprinus carpio's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 53911[36]. Cyprinus carpio's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7962[37]. Cyprinus carpio's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4286975[38]. Cyprinus carpio's ITIS TSN is recorded as 163344[39].
Discovery and Description
Things named for Cyprinus carpio include Hiroshima Toyo Carp[40], a baseball team[41], in Japan[42], founded in 1950[43], headquartered in Hiroshima[44].
Why It Matters
Cyprinus carpio has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 147 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]
Entities named for it include Hiroshima Toyo Carp[40], a baseball team[41], in Japan[42], founded in 1950[43], headquartered in Hiroshima[44].