Common carp(cyprinus carpio)freshwater fish,bangladesh

A short description about common carp.presentation on common carp.which scientific name is cyprinus carpio.this fish is very important for aquaculture.the growth rate is high and culture system of this fish is very easy.This freshwater fish has a good market demand also.

1. Common Carp ( Cyprinus carpio )

2. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Cyprinus
Species: C. carpio Other Name: Mirror carp, European carp etc

3. Key Distinguishing Marking There are two barbels on each side of the mouth. No other species that closely resembles the carp has these barbels.
The carp's body is robust, deep and thick, and arched toward the dorsal fin.
Carp have a lengthy dorsal fin, with nearly 20 soft rays. The dorsal fin extends well along the back, and the fin edge is high in the front and straight in back.
The tail fin is forked and is often a "reddish" color.
The first dorsal and anal fin spines are serrated

4. The typical carp's back is olive-brown to reddish brown, with the sides becoming silvery-bronze, brassy, or olive-gold. The belly is yellow or yellow-white. Most carp are bronze-gold to golden yellow on the sides and yellowish white on the belly. Most carp are heavily scaled, but two genetic mutants show either few, extremely large scales Key Distinguishing Marking

5. Size: Carp are the largest member of the minnow family.
Carp generally grow to about 30 inches and 10 to 15 pounds, but they can weigh up to 60 pounds.​

6. Habitat: Genarally common carp are living bottom dweller and detrivorus fish. Ponds, rivers, lakes, canals, beels, baors etc. both open and closed water bodies. Breeding time: Usually breeds in rainy season. This exotic carp species is now well known in Bangladesh. Seeds can be produce by induced breeding technique. Now found all over Bangladesh especially all culture ponds and baors (Talwar and Jhingran, 2001).

7. Food Common carp are omnivorous . They can eat a herbivorous diet of water plants, but prefer to scavenge the bottom for insects ,
crustaceans (including zooplankton ), crawfish, and benthic worms , plank.crust , phytoplankton etc.

8. Economic importance: Scale carp is a cultruable highly growing species. Very delicious food and protein supply a huge number of the people (Rahman, 2005). Economic Importance

9. Name - Ashik Hossen R oll- ASH 16020 13 M S ession -2015- 20 16 Dep artment Of Fisheries & Marine Science Noakhali Science &Technology University Presented By