Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, Zootaxa 5305 (1), pp. 1-69 : 22

Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758

[I]—Common carp

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758: 320 [Europe; syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.139 (1, skin)].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 831).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 833, fig. 572).

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Berg (1949: 831); confirmed by Bănărescu and Nalbant (1975), Moravec and Amin (1978), Coad (1981: 10; 2014: 153; 2015: 227).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Panj, Murgab, Tedzhen, Kunduz and Khanabad Rivers and translocated somewhere.—General distribution: Western Europe [native to Black Sea basin, possibly also Caspian and Aral seas basins], widely introduced worldwide, also many multicolor varieties.—Habitat: Warm, deep, slow-flowing, and still waters, such as lowland rivers and large, well-vegetated lakes. Introduced in all types of water bodies. Spawns along shorelines or in backwaters. Successful survival of larvae is only possible in very warm water, among shallow submerged vegetation. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).