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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataTeleosteiCypriniformesCyprinidaeCyprinus

Eurasian Carp
Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758

Taxonomy

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Teleostei
Order Cypriniformes
Family Cyprinidae
Genus Cyprinus
Species Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758

Description

Diagnostic characters

Ecological class
Accidental

Distribution

Range

Known from one county in Alabama.

Continent

North America

Country

United States

States and provinces

Alabama

Counties

Alabama
Lauderdale

Conservation and management

IUCN Red List

LC Least Concern

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2024.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

National ranks

United States
NNA
Canada
NNA

Subnational ranks

NN
SNA Not Applicable
DE
SNA Not Applicable
Indiana
SNA Not Applicable
ND
SNA Not Applicable
West Virginia
SNA Not Applicable
Florida
SNA Not Applicable
NE
SNA Not Applicable
South Dakota
SNA Not Applicable
North Carolina
SNA Not Applicable
New Mexico
SNA Not Applicable
Arizona
SNA Not Applicable
California
SNA Not Applicable
NH
SNA Not Applicable
District of Columbia
SNA Not Applicable
Arkansas
SNA Not Applicable
Washington
SNA Not Applicable
RI
SNA Not Applicable
Massachusetts
SNA Not Applicable
Michigan
SNA Not Applicable
Oregon
SNA Not Applicable
Illinois
SNA Not Applicable
NJ
SNA Not Applicable
Nevada
SNA Not Applicable
South Carolina
SNA Not Applicable
Georgia
SNA Not Applicable
New York
SNA Not Applicable
Missouri
SNA Not Applicable
Kentucky
SNA Not Applicable
Utah
SNA Not Applicable
Ohio
SNA Not Applicable
Idaho
SNA Not Applicable
Tennessee
SNA Not Applicable
Kansas
SNA Not Applicable
Louisiana
SNA Not Applicable
Wisconsin
SNA Not Applicable
Oklahoma
SNA Not Applicable
Connecticut
SNA Not Applicable
Alabama
SNA Not Applicable
Iowa
SNA Not Applicable
ME
SNA Not Applicable
Minnesota
SNA Not Applicable
Texas
SNA Not Applicable
Colorado
SNA Not Applicable
Maryland
SNA Not Applicable
Wyoming
SNA Not Applicable
Mississippi
SNA Not Applicable
Montana
SNA Not Applicable
Virginia
SNA Not Applicable
Pennsylvania
SNA Not Applicable
Vermont
SNA Not Applicable
Ontario
SNA Not Applicable
Manitoba
SNA Not Applicable
Quebec
SNA Not Applicable
Alberta
SNA Not Applicable
British Columbia
SNA Not Applicable
Saskatchewan
SNA Not Applicable

State and federal status

Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

References

  • Kuhajda, B.R. & Mayden, R.L. 2001. Status of the federally endangered Alabama cavefish, Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni (Amblyopsidae), in Key Cave and surrounding caves, Alabama. Environmental Biology of Fishes 62: 215–222.

How to cite this account

Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2354. https://cavebiology.org/species/cyprinus-carpio/ (accessed 6 September 2026).

Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.

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