mirror carp

British  

noun

1. a variety of the common carp ( Cyprinus carpio ) with reduced scales, giving a smooth shiny body surface

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Example Sentences

Starting in 1912, these “mirror carp”—so named for their smooth sides—were introduced to Madagascar, where no carp existed, for fish farming, and they quickly spread throughout the island.

From Science Magazine

Mr Little who has owned and run the Smelly Alley Fish Company in the Berkshire town of Reading for more than 50 years, buys in fresh mirror carp from fish farms in France.

From BBC

A typical claim may be: "This mirror carp was caught in early December," yet the trees and shrubbery pictured are in full bloom, and they're wearing a T-shirt and shorts, with perspiration glinting their forehead.

From The Guardian

This week, such a fish died: Two Tone the mirror carp.

From The Guardian

However, by the late 1950s, people observed the mirror carp’s descendants “degenerating” into more scaled fish.

From Science Magazine