AnAge entry for Cyprinus carpio
Classification (HAGRID: 03899)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Cyprinus
- Species
- Cyprinus carpio
- Common name
- Common carp
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 47 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 1
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
- No observations are presently available
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 1,095 days
- Incubation
- 4 days
- Clutch size
- 300,000 (oviparous)
- Adult weight
- 10,600 g
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
References
- [0001] Carey and Judge (2000), Longevity Records: Life Spans of Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, and Fish
- [0104] Speckner et al. (1989), Age-dependent changes in volume and haemoglobin content of erythrocytes in the carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) (PubMed)
- [0442] DLIA All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 163344
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
- Search EOL
- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 7962
- Entrez
- Search all databases
- Ageing Literature
- Search Google Scholar or Search PubMed
- Images
- Google Image search
- Internet
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