A close relative, the bigmouth buffalo, has turned out to live as long as 148 years, one of the longest-lived vertebrates ever documented.
From Common Carp
It eats insects, larvae, water plants and organic matter from the bottom.
From Common Carp
It is considered invasive in many regions where it has been introduced.
From Common Carp
At the noise of outboard motors it leaps up to three metres clear of the water, and mass jumping has caused numerous injuries to boaters on the rivers of the American Midwest.
From Silver Carp
Its filtering apparatus retains particles only a few microns across, which lets it live directly on phytoplankton without depending on animal prey.
From Silver Carp
In its native range in China its wild populations have declined through dams and overfishing, while it runs riot as an invader on the other side of the world.
From Silver Carp
Bred selectively in Japan since the 19th century; some fish have been credited with over 200 years.
From Koi
Koi breeding began in the nineteenth century among the farmers of the Niigata region, who raised carp in their rice paddies and started setting aside the fish with coloured markings.
From Koi

Ecosystems