Carp Skeleton (Cyprinus carpio), Specimen

Complete, real skeleton of a carp, carefully prepared, reassembled and mounted on a base plate. It represents a typical example of the order of cypriniformes. The specimen is particularly suitable for the study of the structure of bony fish. The following typical features of bony fsh are mounted separately:

• Complete gill with gill arches, flaments and rakers


• Pharyngeal bone with teeth


• Typical cycloid scales of the cypriniformes with growth rings


• Thoracic vertebrae with neural and pleural arches

Length: Approx. 40 – 50 cm
Width: Approx. 10 – 15 cm
Height: Approx. 10 – 20 cm
Weight: Approx. 1.5 – 2.0 kg

Carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Taxonomy:
Class: Ray-fnned fshes
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinids
Diet: Primarily insectivore
Size: Approx. 30 – 120 cm
Weight: Approx. 5 – 25 kg
Age: Approx. 10 – 40 years
Pharyngeal dentition formula: 1.1.3 –
3.1.1

Showcase is sold separately: 1021339 (T300083)!