Editing Common carp (section)

{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |author2=Kottelat, M. |date=2024 |title=''Cyprinus carpio'' |volume=2024 |page=e.T6181A3107721 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024.RLTS.T6181A3107721.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| name = Common carp
| image = Cyprinus carpio 2008 G1 (cropped).jpg
| genus = Cyprinus
| species = carpio
| range_map = Ccarpio range.png
| range_map_caption = {{leftlegend|#4e9153|&nbsp;native range}}
{{leftlegend|#d59124|&nbsp;introduced range}}
| display_parents = 3
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
}}
[[File:Cyprinus carpio by Ellen Edmondson.jpg|thumb|Painting by Ellen Edmonson]]
The '''common carp''' ('''''Cyprinus carpio'''''), also known as '''European carp,''' '''Eurasian carp''', or simply '''carp''', is a widespread [[freshwater fish]] of [[eutrophic]] waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.<ref name=fishbase>Fishbase: [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1450 ''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758]</ref><ref name=arkive>Arkive: [http://www.arkive.org/common-carp/cyprinus-carpio/info.html Common carp (''Cyprinus carpio'')] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101012917/http://www.arkive.org/common-carp/cyprinus-carpio/info.html |date=2010-01-01 }}</ref> The native wild populations are considered [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]] to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature ([[IUCN]]),<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> but the species has also been [[Domestication|domesticated]] and [[Introduced species|introduced]] (see [[aquaculture]]) into environments worldwide, and is often considered a destructive [[invasive species]],<ref name=fishbase/> being included in the [[list of the world's 100 worst invasive species]]. It gives its name to the [[carp]] family, [[Cyprinidae]].