Editing Carp (section)

{{short description|Various species of cyprinid fishes}}
{{About|the fish}}
[[File:Unsere Süßwasserfische (Tafel 33) (6102602781).jpg|thumb|1913 illustration of ''Cyprinus carpio'', better known as the [[common carp]]]]
[[File:Common_carp_Minnesota.jpg|thumb|Common carp in [[Lake Minnetonka]], [[Minnesota]]]]
The term '''carp''' ({{plural form}}: carp) is a generic [[common name]] for numerous species of [[freshwater fish]] from the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cyprinidae]], a very large [[clade]] of [[ray-finned fish]] mostly native to [[Eurasia]]. While carp are prized [[game fish|quarries]] and are valued (even [[pisciculture|commercially cultivated]]) as both [[food fish|food]] and [[ornamental fish]] in many parts of the [[Old World]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Short Reports - How to Cook a Carp |url=https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/didyouknow/inland/carp_recipes.phtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326021351/https://tpwd.texas.gov/fishboat/fish/didyouknow/inland/carp_recipes.phtml |archive-date=2023-03-26 |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=[[TPWD]] |publication-place=Texas}}</ref> they are considered [[trash fish]] and [[invasive species|invasive]] [[pest (organism)|pest]]s in many parts of [[Africa]], [[Australia]] and most of the [[United States]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=What are Invasive Carp? |url=https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-invasive-carp |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516204256/https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-are-invasive-carp |archive-date=2023-05-16 |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=[[USGS]] |date=19 October 2022 |publication-place=United States}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=2022 |title=Carp in the Murray-Darling Basin and Commonwealth environmental water |url=https://www.dcceew.gov.au/water/cewo/carp-murray-darling-basin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310132036/https://www.dcceew.gov.au/water/cewo/carp-murray-darling-basin |archive-date=2023-03-10 |access-date=2023-07-23 |website=[[DCCEEW]] |place=Commonwealth of Australia}}</ref>