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===Diet=== Common carp are [[omnivorous]]. They can eat a herbivorous diet of aquatic plants, plant tubers, and seeds, but prefer to scavenge the bottom for [[insect]]s, [[crustacean]]s (including [[zooplankton]] and [[crawfish]]), [[mollusc]]s, [[benthic]] [[worm]]s, [[fish]] [[egg]]s, and fish remains.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Saikia |first1=S. K. |last2=Das |first2=D. N. |date=July 2009 |title=Feeding ecology of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) in a rice–fish culture system of the Apatani plateau (Arunachal Pradesh, India) |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10452-008-9174-y |journal=Aquatic Ecology |language=en |volume=43 |issue=2 |pages=559–568 |doi=10.1007/s10452-008-9174-y |bibcode=2009AqEco..43..559S |issn=1386-2588|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Cyprinus_carpio/ | title=Cyprinus carpio | website=[[Animal Diversity Web]] }}</ref> Common carp feed throughout the day, with the most intensive feeding at night and around sunrise.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Žák|first=Jakub|date=2021-11-01|title=Diel pattern in common carp landings from angling competitions corresponds to their assumed foraging activity|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165783621002149|journal=Fisheries Research|language=en|volume=243|pages=106086|doi=10.1016/j.fishres.2021.106086|bibcode=2021FishR.24306086Z |issn=0165-7836|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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