Common+Carp+Description

description If you have ever seen a carp or heard about a carp you think they are nasty creatures. Carp are bottom feeders which means they eat anything on the bottom of a pond or lake. Carp eat fish eggs and trash on the bottom of the water. Carp are silverish ,brassly green or yellow. Carp's dorsal fin has 17-21 rays in it they can live to be 47 years old or even older. The record in the U.S. is 43lbs. Another name for a carp is cyprius capio both mean carp. Carp usally spawn in May - June. Carp can have up to 100,000 - 500,000 eggs. Carp can live up to 57 years just by eatting fish eggs on the bottom and garbage to stay alive.