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Common carp

Cyprinus carpio

Description:

•They are omnivorous, eating water plants, insects, crustaceans and benthic worms. •They were introduced to most continents and is often considered a very distructive invasive species. •The female can lay 300,000 eggs in a single spawn.

Habitat:

Large bodies of slow or standing water and soft vegetative sediments, fresh or brackish water -I saw this carp in São Paulo(SP, Brazil)

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BrunoMoller
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BrunoMoller

SP, SP, Brazil

Spotted on Aug 30, 2015
Submitted on Mar 7, 2016

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