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Mark Billiau.


Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

Bingo !

While walking along the shores of my favourite lake, this guy was proudly showing his 17 kg weighing catch of a Mirror Carp (still alive)

The Mirror Carp is a freshwater fish living in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.
The wild populations of this species are considered vulnerable to extinction !

2 typical aspects of the Mirror Carp are the absence of a stomach (!) and the lack of scales. This lack of scales is widely believed to have been bred in by medieval monks in order to make the fish easier to prepare for the table.

Dutch name : Spiegelkarper
German name : Spiegelkarpfen
Latin name : Cyprinus carpio

After a while, the carp got its freedom back and was released into the lake again by the fisherman.

Location : Nature reserve ‘Walenhoek’ at Niel (Belgium)

In the picture below you can see the lake where this Mirror Carp was caught.

Fisherman’s Paradise
Fisherman’s Paradise
Mark Billiau.

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