Juan Manuel Borrero / Illustration of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio). Pencil and watercolor painting.

Fabrice Cahez / Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) in shallow water during spawning. Extramadure, Spain, May.

Fabrice Cahez / Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio) among rock and shallow water during spawning. Extramadura, Spain, May.

Mark Carwardine / School of Common / Koi Carp (Cyprinus carpio) feeding in pond, Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)

Mark Carwardine / School of Common / Koi Carp (Cyprinus carpio) feeding in pond, Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar)

Loic Poidevin / Carp (Cyprinus carpio) action shot of shoal in mating season, Breton Marsh, Vendee, France

Loic Poidevin / Carp (Cyprinus carpio) action shot of shoal in mating season, Breton Marsh, Vendee, France

Shibai Xiao / Variegated carp (Cyprinus carpio) group at the surface of pond, Beijing, China.

Michel Roggo / Carp (Cyprinus carpio) in pond, Switzerland.

Philippe Clement / Shoal of Carp (Cyprinus carpio) coming to surface for air in park pond. Belgium, October.

Philippe Clement / Shoal of Carp (Cyprinus carpio) coming to surface for air in park pond. Belgium, October.

Michel Roggo / Bream (Abramis brama) Rhine river, Switzerland