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Carp fluke

Gyrodactylus kherulensis Ergens, 1974

Status not recordedworms

The carp fluke (Gyrodactylus kherulensis) is a species in the family Gyrodactylidae, order Gyrodactylidea.

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Quick facts about the carp fluke

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the carp fluke live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the carp fluke as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Czechia
  2. South Africa

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the carp fluke endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the carp fluke classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. classMonogenea
  4. orderGyrodactylidea
  5. familyGyrodactylidae
  6. genusGyrodactylus
  7. SpeciesGyrodactylus kherulensis Ergens, 1974
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Fish skin flukeEnglish
  • コイサンダイチュウJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the carp fluke

Other species in the same genus Gyrodactylus.

Salmon fluke

Gyrodactylus salaris

GyrodactylidaeNo free photo yet

Body fluke

Gyrodactylus elegans

GyrodactylidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the carp fluke an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the carp fluke as introduced in 2 countries: Czechia and South Africa, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the carp fluke?

The carp fluke (Gyrodactylus kherulensis) belongs to the family Gyrodactylidae in the order Gyrodactylidea.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Carp fluke (Gyrodactylus kherulensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/carp-fluke

MLA

“Carp fluke (Gyrodactylus kherulensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/carp-fluke.

BibTeX
@misc{carp_fluke_2026,
  title = {Carp fluke (Gyrodactylus kherulensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/carp-fluke},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}