Species learning profile

شبوط شائع

Cyprinus carpio

Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) is a freshwater fish associated with lake habitat in Global. A hardy fish cultivated for thousands of years.

Test your recall

Your learning progress stays on this device.

رسم مجموعة Fishdle الأصلي لـشبوط شائع
مصدر الرسم: Fishdle · CC BY 4.0

At a glance

المياه
مياه عذبة
Habitat
بحيرة
أقصى طول
120 cm
النطاق
حول العالم
الفصيلة
Cyprinidae
الرتبة
Cypriniformes

Observe

How to identify شبوط شائع

  • Bronze to olive brown, often with golden highlights.
  • Deep-bodied with large, obvious scales and whisker-like barbels.
  • Reported maximum length: 120 cm — capable of growing longer than many people are tall. Maximum is not the same as typical adult size.

Field note: color, size, and markings can change with age, sex, season, depth, and lighting. Use several traits together.

Place and pattern

Where it lives—and how it behaves

Habitat and range

This species is associated with lake habitat across Global. Temperature, oxygen, depth, and shoreline cover divide a lake into very different living zones.

Behavior

Uses lake habitat for feeding, shelter, migration, or reproduction.

Food-web connections

What it eats and why it matters

Diet

A flexible mix of plant matter, insects, detritus, and small aquatic animals.

Ecological role

It links one or more lake zones, carrying energy between bottom, shoreline, and open-water communities..

Remember

One fact worth keeping

قد يصل طول شبوط شائع إلى نحو 120 سم، ويوجد غالبًا قرب بحيرة.

Think like a conservationist

A conservation lens

Healthy lake populations depend on suitable temperature and oxygen, clean spawning areas, and balanced harvest and food webs.

This habitat lens is not a current population-status assessment. Status can differ among regions and change as new assessments are published; follow the reference links and local fisheries or wildlife agencies for current decisions.

Recall

Quick knowledge check

Which habitat is most closely associated with Common carp in this guide?

Keep exploring

References and further reading

Fishdle summarizes stable identification and ecology concepts in plain language. Taxonomy and population knowledge continue to change, so use primary assessments and regional authorities for conservation or management decisions.

Make connections