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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asian carp" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific group of invasive fish species that are native to Asia and have been introduced to other regions, particularly in North America.
Example: "The government is implementing measures to control the population of asian carp in the Great Lakes."
Alternatives: "invasive carp" or "carp species from Asia".
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asian carp
noun
Any of various species of heavy-bodied cyprinid fish, excluding those from the Indian Subcontinent, which are known as Indian carp.
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Asian carp belong in Asia, not Arkansas.
Asian carp, Cajun-style, anyone?
Hinterthuer, A. The explosive spread of Asian carp.
These Asian carp, what they eat, basically, is muck.
Some of the Asian carp go fifty, sixty pounds.
"You can eat Asian carp, and they're good.
Might they have performed such rituals involving Asian carp already?
THE war against Asian carp hardly seems a fair fight.
But there was only one Asian carp among them.
After that, it was an Asian carp here, an Asian carp there — until 2003, when the silver carp population exploded, in and out of the water.
"Locally, in the Great Lakes states, almost any conversation about the Great Lakes begins with the Asian carp, ends with the Asian carp".
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