CARP BLACK Piceus Mylopharyngodon

This black carp was hooked from Jessore Municipality pond lake; this fish was 120 pound - 55 kg in weight and in length it was 5 feet and 2 inches.

An huge black carp of 198 lb - 89.6 kg caught in China with nets.

A 220 lb - 100 kb black carp caught in China near the town of Huangyan.

The black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) is a species of cyprinid fish indigenous to China, and widely cultivated for food and Chinese medicine. It is the sole species of the genus Mylopharyngodon. In China, black carp are the most highly esteemed and expensive foodfish among the four domestic fishes, and partly because of its diet and limited food supply, is the most scarce and expensive in the marketplace.

DISTRIBUTION:	Asia
MAX SIZE:	240 lb / 110 kg
MAX LENGHT:	66 inch / 170 cm
MAX AGE:	Unknown
ENVIRONMENT:	Freshwater