Common carp

Japanese: common carp(英語表記)commoncarp
Common carp

…Currently, due to migration, the fish breeds in almost all of Europe except for cold regions in the Northern Hemisphere, North America, Southeast Asia, and in Australia and New Zealand in the Southern Hemisphere. In the United States and Canada, it is called the common carp to distinguish it from the crucian carp and grass carp. It lives in lakes and ponds, mainly in the plains, and in the middle and lower reaches of rivers. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "common carp" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在では移殖により北半球では寒冷地を除くヨーロッパのほぼ全土,北アメリカ,東南アジア,南半球ではオーストラリアやニュージーランドでも繁殖している。アメリカ,カナダではフナやソウギョなどと区別するためcommon carpと呼ぶ。平野部を中心とする湖沼,河川の中・下流域などにすむ。…

※「common carp」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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