| Common name | Common carp |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Man, S.H. and I.J. Hodgkiss, 1981 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | primary lexeme |
| 1st modifier | mod. for abundance |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Common', i.e., implies usual every frequency of occurrence (p. 265 in Ref. 11978); 'carp' from Old French 'carpe' from Latin 'carpa' (p. 98 in Ref. 11979). |