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Common Carp

Mirror Carp

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Leather Carp

Silver Bream

Roach

Trout

Zander

Eel

These are some of the Fish you find in Cyprus, there feeding and spawning habits

Breeding Spawns pawns amongst plants in summer in small schools yellowish eggs sticks to plants leaves. Food Feeds mid water on planktonic crustaceans, and insect larvae on vegetation, and on the bottom on a variety of invertebrates.

Breeding Spawns April - June shedding it’s yellowish eggs over plants, algae and even tree roots. The eggs stick to the vegetation and hatch in 9 - 12 day’s Food Eats aquatic insect larvae, insects, crustaceans, snails and a lot of plant matter. Young fish will eat small crustaceans such as water fleas.

Breeding Spawns late spring in shallow water. Sun warmed areas over dense vegetation the eggs and newly hatched young are attached to the plants. Food Vegetation and bottom living insect larvae snails, crustaceans and worms.

As Above

Breeding Spawning takes place in early winter in redds dug by females Food Insects ( both aquatic and aerial ) crustaceans and fish planktonic crustaceans are important food in still waters.

Breeding Spawns in April - June over sandy or stony bottom and amongst roots of aquatic plants. Food When young ears insect larvae and young fish, later in life becomes entirely fish eaters.

Breeding Migrates to mid Atlantic to spawn the post larvae, migrates across the Atlantic taking about 3 years to reach the coast and 4 years to reach the Mediterranean. Food Eats Bottom living invertebrates ( crustaceans, worms mollusc and insect larvae ) dead fish and other corrion