Species Detail - Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Freshwater Fish in Irish Lakes".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

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Cyprinus carpio
Common Carp
NHMSYS0000544665 RecommendedWell-formed
Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 477/2011 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: Detailed Risk Assesment || Invasive Species: Medium Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 374/2024 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: Detailed Risk Assesment >> Moderate Risk
cycar
Linnaeus, 1758
Bony fish (Actinopterygii)
Species
7
6
5
01/01/1969
31/12/1998
19 May (recorded in 2012)
7 October (recorded in 2017)
Inland Fisheries Ireland, Freshwater Fish in Irish Lakes, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio), accessed 01 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/174/Species/14182>

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)