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Animals
Heavy gold-bronze fish with two barbels and a saw-toothed dorsal spine.
Field facts
HabitatRivers, reservoirs, ponds
RangeStatewide
When to lookSpawns noisily in shallows in May
StatusIntroduced; naturalised (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesBuffalo fish, Goldfish
Field note: Their rooting in mud is what turns some Indiana lakes permanently brown.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Never release carp into a new water; they cloud it for everything else.
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