Cyprinus carpio
Linnaeus, 1758 · speciesAt a glance
Sources17 archives
Databases and archives Cyprinus carpio's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation20 languages↗
Animal Diversity WebUniv. of Michigan MZspecies account↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility268 243 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System13 835 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI983 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics973 specimens↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Cyprinus carpio carpio is a subspecies of the common carp that is commonly found in Europe. They are native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga Rivers) and can also be found in the Caucasus and Central Asia. Mitochondrial DNA analysis shows a difference between C. carpio carpio and Carpio carpio haematopterus. They are omnivorous in nature and feed on mollusks, insects, crustaceans and seeds. Though dark in color, there are some wild caught specimens which are colored orange (maybe domesticated ones that are only released into the rivers). This subspecies has also been domesticated in European ponds for hundreds of years. They are considered as an invasive species in the state of Washington and fishing them is encouraged to diminish their population.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology2
Life cycle & reproduction5
Habitat & environment3
Uses & economy1
Other traits3
Compounds documented for Cyprinus carpio across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds86 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| L-Glutamic acid | 3,413 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Aspartic acid | 2,341 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| epsilon-Polylysine | 2,100 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Leucine | 1,858 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Alanine | 1,383 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Arginine | 1,368 mg/100g | FooDB |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Cyprinus carpio has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Cyprinus carpio carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1008×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database · GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · TreeOfSex · vert
2n 1041×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database
tetraploid3×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · TreeOfSex · vert
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type282 078 records
Origin
Range
Depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions45 of 132 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| München, DE | 3 116 |
| University of Texas Biodiversity Collections (UTBC)location not on record | 2 915 |
| Champaign, US | 1 177 |
| Ohio State University - Fish Division, Columbus, OH (OSUM)location not on record | 479 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 453 |
| Morelia, MX | 432 |
| Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 420 |
| Texas Memorial Museum, Texas Natural History Collectionlocation not on record | 412 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 294 |
| Museums Victorialocation not on record | 294 |
| Toronto, CA | 235 |
| University of Minnesota, James Ford Bell Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 219 |
| DOI/NPS, Salem Maritime National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 214 |
| Chicago, US | 205 |
| Fort Hays State University, Sternberg Museumlocation not on record | 172 |
| Mexico City, MX | 158 |
| South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record | 138 |
| University of Nebraska State Museumlocation not on record | 128 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 121 |
| Washington, US | 120 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 116 |
| Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record | 110 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 110 |
| San Nicolás de los Garza, MX | 87 |
| Sydney, AU | 84 |
| CASlocation not on record | 84 |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record | 80 |
| University of Alabamalocation not on record | 75 |
| Montgomery, US | 72 |
| Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientalelocation not on record | 59 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 58 |
| Bonn, DE | 55 |
| Universidad de Navarra, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 52 |
| ISUAlocation not on record | 51 |
| Mexico City, MX | 49 |
| 48 | |
| Juriquilla, MX | 48 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 48 |
| Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnementlocation not on record | 43 |
| Vancouver, CA | 40 |
| University of California San Diegolocation not on record | 37 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 31 |
| Tapachula, MX | 30 |
| University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrateslocation not on record | 30 |
| FishBaselocation not on record | 28 |
| Brussels, BE | 26 |
| Cambridge, US | 26 |
| Barcelona, ES | 26 |
| Stockholm, SE | 25 |
| Los Angeles, US | 25 |
| SNSB-Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenlocation not on record | 23 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 22 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 20 |
| Louisiana State University, Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 18 |
| Royal Museum for Central Africalocation not on record | 18 |
| Paris, FR | 17 |
| RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record | 17 |
| National Natural History Collectionslocation not on record | 17 |
| Fribourg, CH | 16 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 14 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 14 |
| Facultad de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja Californialocation not on record | 14 |
| Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 13 |
| Helsinki, FI | 11 |
| KULlocation not on record | 11 |
| Central Michigan University Museum of Cultural and Natural Historylocation not on record | 11 |
| APSUlocation not on record | 10 |
| Londrina, BR | 10 |
| Geneva, CH | 10 |
| Iowa City, US | 8 |
| Kagoshima University Museumlocation not on record | 8 |
| INEP KSC RASlocation not on record | 7 |
| Natick, US | 6 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 6 |
| Royal Ontario Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 5 |
| Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulolocation not on record | 5 |
| National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record | 5 |
| UWFClocation not on record | 5 |
| CONANPlocation not on record | 4 |
| New Haven, US | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| Royal Saskatchewan Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Nizhyn Gogol State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 4 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 4 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 4 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bourges, FR | 3 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 3 |
| Toyama, JP | 3 |
| Sevilla, ES | 3 |
| Guasave, MX | 3 |
| Western Australian Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Nebraskalocation not on record | 3 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 2 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kuopio, FI | 2 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 2 |
| Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Banyoles, ES | 2 |
| Paro, BT | 2 |
| USP-RPlocation not on record | 2 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 2 |
| Australian Museum, Sydneylocation not on record | 2 |
| Southeastern Louisiana University, Vertebrate Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tel Aviv University, The Steinhardt Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| IEO-COMA-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Nevada, Museum of Biologylocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Moore Laboratory of Zoology, Occidental Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| WEFSlocation not on record | 1 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 1 |
| MPSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Duluth, MNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 1 |
| Forssa, FI | 1 |
| Tempe, US | 1 |
| Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
| Maurice Lamontagne Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Natural History Museum of the Iberian Peninsula - NatMIP ("Museu de História Natural da Península Ibérica")location not on record | 1 |
| Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record | 1 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
| Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Universidad del Tolima (UT)location not on record | 1 |
| National Biodiversity Centre, Bhutanlocation not on record | 1 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| SEAOBISlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Cyprinus carpio was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.