Fish, carp family
Prussian carp
- Maximum length
- 45cm
- Maximum weight
- 3,0kg
- Best water temperature
- 14–28 °C
- Water today (4.0 °C)
- Tolerates it, but slowed down
- Fishing districts near where it occurs
- 29
About the species Prussian carp
How to recognise it
Silver body, no barbels and the edge of the dorsal fin is slightly concave.
Where it lives
All kinds of still and slow waters, including polluted ones.
What it feeds on
Všežravec.
Spawning
From May to June. Females often reproduce without males (gynogenesis), so the species spreads quickly.
Invasive species that displaces the native crucian carp. Never release it into other waters.
Closed season, minimum size and daily limit
What the Fisheries Act says about Prussian carp. For guidance only; check it in the fishing regulations of the district.
Minimum size
§ 12 of the Decreeno minimum size
The regulation lists this species among species with no minimum size. The user of the fishing district may set the size limit; the one in the permit and the angling rules applies.
Daily limit
§ 14 of the Decree- 5kgOther speciesfor example crucian carp, breams, dace and chub (combined); invasive species are not counted
The limit applies per day, also when fishing in several districts. The district user may set a lower limit in the permit, in which case the stricter one applies.
Summary of Act no. 216/2018 Coll. and Decree no. 381/2018 Coll. (as of 6 Nov 2026). It may be out of date or contain an error, and exceptions apply on some waters. The permit and the fishing regulations of the district are binding. The fishing law, rule by rule.
Water temperature and requirements
At what temperature the species is active and how well today's water suits it.
Tolerates it, but slowed downTypical water in Slovakia is 4.0 °C today. The species tolerates this temperature (2 to 35 °C), but the water is colder than the ideal 14 to 28 °C. Fish tend to be slower and pickier.
- tolerates 2 to 35 °C
- best 14 to 28 °C
- spawning at 14 to 20 °C
- typical water today 4.0 °C
- Length
- up to 45 cm
- Weight
- up to 3.0 kg
- Oxygen
- Tolerates low oxygen
- Position in the food chain
- 2,9plants and small animals
The values are indicative and come from the FishBase database. In a particular water, fish behave according to the weather, air pressure, oxygen and food.
Where it was recorded
Fishing districts around which a record of this species exists (GBIF).
- Štrkovisko Oširíd
- Štrkovisko u Janíčkov
- Čierna voda č. 1
- Štrkovisko Lúčky
- Dunaj č. 3 – zdrž VD (Hrušov – Čunovo)
- Myjava č. 1
- Myjava č. 2a
- Dunaj č. 3 – MR Malý Zemník
- Dunaj č. 3 – MR Veľký Zemník
- Štrkovisko Kalinkovo
- Štrkovisko Rovinka Za Hrádzu
- Štrkovisko Rusovce
- Ipeľ č. 6
- OR Starý les (Aggerdó)
- Štrkovisko Čierny Brod
- Malý Dunaj č. 4
- Lakšár
- Morava č. 5
- MR Panská Morava
- Štrkovisko Kňaz – Malé Leváre
- Štrkovisko Rapovce
- Štrkovisko Veľká nad Ipľom I.
- Štrkovisko Veľká nad Ipľom II.
- MR Stará Morava
- Morava č. 4
- Odpadový kanál
- MR Raudazi
- Rudava kanál
- MR Židova Morávka
29 fishing districts in total. Show on map
Similar species
Photo credits
- Prussian carp: Photo: George Chernilevsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Crucian carp: Photo: Viridiflavus, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Common carp: Photo: George Chernilevsky, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Minimum sizes, protection periods and permitted fishing methods are set by the fishing regulations and the conditions of the specific fishing district. Check them before you fish.