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Common carp, European carp, King carp, Mirror carp

Cyprinus carpio

1,413Records since 2000
JunePeak month
80Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan28
Feb16
Mar38
Apr56
May122
Jun135
Jul91
Aug91
Sep49
Oct33
Nov13
Dec12

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cheshire East England75
2Sefton England63
3Essex England56
4Norfolk England55
5Oxfordshire England33
6Surrey England30
7Suffolk England29
8Devon England21
9Cumbria England21
10Kent England20
11Warrington England20
12North Yorkshire England19
13Isle of Wight England16
14Cambridgeshire England14
15Gloucestershire England14
1,306 England39 Scotland67 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 80 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,413
Peak month
June
Counties with records
80
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Cyprinus carpio
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,264
Most recorded in
Cheshire East, Sefton, Essex, Norfolk
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Cyprinus
Name with authority
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
15

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q81110 · GBIF 4286975