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Scientific Name

Cyprinus carpio

Scientific Name w/ Auth.

Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758

Park

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (SLBE)

Sensitive

No

Park Accepted

Accepted

Record Status

Approved

Park Preferred Common Names

Carp

Park Synonyms

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Superclass	Actinopterygii
Class	Teleostei
Superorder	Ostariophysi
Order	Cypriniformes
Superfamily	Cyprinoidea
Family	Cyprinidae
Genus	Cyprinus
Species	Cyprinus carpio

Occurrence

Present

Occurrence Notes

Data Source: Fessell et al. 2007

Nativeness

Non-native

Nativeness Notes

Native to Asia.; Data Source: Scott and Crossman 1979

Abundance

Common

Abundance Notes

Common in Lake Michigan (Kelly & Price 1979). In Platte River in 1941-1943 carp were described as "few to numerous" and from 1967-1972 the species was rare in the Platte River (Taube 1974).; Data Source: Kelly and Price 1979; Taube 1974

Seasonality Tags

Breeder

Threatened Endangered Status

State Species of Concern statuses

Ozone Sensitive Status

NatureServe GRank

NatureServe SRank

Observations

0

References

4

Vouchers

0

External Links

0

Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.

Created By

D M Loope

Created Date

11/5/2002 12:00:00 AM

Last Modified By

Leah Kainulainen

Last Modified Date

3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Notes

Park Species Detail: Recorded in Lake Michigan, Platte River, Platte Lake, Loon Lake, and North Bar Lake., Park Species Data Source: Kelly, T. M. and B. Price. 1979. Fishes of the Sleeping Bear Dunes Nat'l. Lakeshore. Final report to the agency. 30 pp + appendix. Scott, W. R. & E. J. Crossman. 1979. Freshwater Fishes of Canada. Bull. #184. Fish. Res. Board of Canada. Ottawa, Canada. Fessell, B., J. Elias and J. Glase. 2007. Inventory and evaluation of inland fisheries at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Taube, C. M. 1974. A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Platte River, Its Surrounding Area, And Its Salmonid Fishes. Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Lansing, MI.

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