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title: "Graskarper"
description: "Ctenopharyngodon idella — Vissen. The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is a species of large herbivorous freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the Pacific Far East, with a native range stretching from northern Vietnam to the Amur River on the Sino-Russian border."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/grass-carp
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Graskarper

> Ctenopharyngodon idella — Vissen. The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is a species of large herbivorous freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the Pacific Far East, with a native range stretching from northern Vietnam to the Amur River on the Sino-Russian border.

- Scientific name: *Ctenopharyngodon idella*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 3411
- Wikidata: [Q76098](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76098)
- iNaturalist taxon: [128500](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/128500)

## Names

- en: Grass Carp
- de: Graskarpfen
- es: Carpa herbívora
- fr: Amour blanc
- nl: Graskarper
- pl: Amur biały

## Countries with the most observations

US (1729), CN (114), FR (108), DE (88), RU (50), HK (45), JP (43), IT (41), HU (37), PL (37), CZ (32), TW (32)

## Summary

The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is a species of large herbivorous freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the Pacific Far East, with a native range stretching from northern Vietnam to the Amur River on the Sino-Russian border. This Asian carp is the only species of the genus Ctenopharyngodon.
Grass carp are resident fish of large turbid rivers and associated floodplain lakes/wetlands with a wide range of temperature tolerance, and spawn at temperatures of 20 to 30 °C (68 to 86 °F). It has been cultivated as a food fish in China for centuries, being known as one of the "Four Great Domestic Fish…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grass_carp

## Photo

![Graskarper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grass-carp/medium.jpg)

Photo: laneneely · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115404853

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grass-carp?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).