Strange Carp

[Elbogrease]

My missus caught these carp out the Hume weir yesterday. Has anyone seen a carp with such large scales before? I have never seen anything like it.
Not sure whether its a mutation or what.

[danvpcommo]

over in England where they love the bloody things, carp like that are considered normal.
I seen then on youtube and the guy said it was some name but unsure.
Looks like a mutation to me.

Dan

[dave.c]

pretty sure they are mirror carp.Ive caught quite a few in the lachlan river near crookwell.

[mooredup]

pretty sure they are mirror carp.Ive caught quite a few in the lachlan river near crookwell.

yea ill second that dave pretty sure they actually loose those scales to be a full fledge mirror carp. could be wrong but yea. looks like a process they go through..

[Adam Bosley]

I have caught some myself like that over at Big River near eldon.

[Arn09]

Spot on Dave Mirror Carp or as we all know them round these parts... shit with fins

[walshy]

yep mirror carp matey. seen a cooking/fishing show on the lifestyles ch the other night, they were farming and eating the bloody things, jst the look of them put me off

[coops]

mirror carp,used to catch a lot of them at wyangla,thin on the ground now though

[Elbogrease]

Thanks to everyone for the info. I went to Wikipedia and yep thats what it was. The world record for these fish is 43kg.

[Spook]

Still catch a fair few at wyangla coops! Still stink like crap, ugly bloddy fish they are!