How to Use grass carp in a Sentence

grass carp

noun
  • The black carp's head is also more narrow and more cone-shaped than that of the grass carp.
    — Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2018
  • Those species include silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp and black carp.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The only one of the four species found in Lake Erie so far is the grass carp.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The garden was next to a dark pond haunted by huge albino grass carp.
    — Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • There are a few hypotheses as to what might be attracting the grass carp.
    — Morgan Greene, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2021
  • The tournament is part of an effort to remove grass carp from the three lakes.
    — Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Adult grass carp consume aquatic plants, which serve as food and habitat for native fish.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Schools of small fish were seen in abundance over the weekend as well as several large grass carp.
    — al, 31 Aug. 2022
  • But recent surveys have found grass carp eggs in Great Lakes waterways.
    — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2017
  • But grass carp are spawning in the Lake Erie watershed anyway.
    — cleveland, 10 Oct. 2022
  • There are four species of invasive carp in Missouri rivers -- bighead carp, black carp, grass carp and silver carp.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Additionally, private owners stock grass carps in their lakes and ponds.
    — Keenan Thomas, The Tennessean, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The first introduction was the grass carp, or white amur, in the early 1960s.
    — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 24 June 2012
  • The archery angler also beat the grass carp record for anglers who reeled in the fish with a rod, which is a separate category.
    — Helena Wegner, Idaho Statesman, 13 June 2025
  • Removing exotic species such as grass carp, armored catfish and tilapia can be helpful to a fishery.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 28 June 2018
  • Flooding of outdoor ponds is one theory as to how grass carp escaped captivity.
    — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2019
  • The white amur fish, also known as the grass carp, are a unique type of fish that dines almost exclusively on aquatic vegetation.
    — John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2024
  • That was pretty good evidence that the Sandusky had become a spawning ground for invasive grass carp.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Black carp look similar to grass carp — so much so that there is no reliable method to tell them apart based on physical characteristics.
    — Andrew Clark, Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2018
  • Although grass carp are not desirable for fishing, using sterile carp would ensure the population would die out once its work was done.
    — Erik Stokstad, Science | AAAS, 25 Mar. 2021
  • And while common carp have a generally poor reputation among anglers, grass carp are a whole other critter.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 9 Oct. 2019
  • The boxes contained dozens of juvenile grass carp, a species native to Asia and famous for taking to forests of seaweed like locusts to crops.
    — jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Bighead, silver, black and grass carp species, native to East Asia, are collectively known as invasive carp.
    — Peter Burke, Fox News, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Cash in on carp An effort to reduce the number of grass carp in Bella Vista lakes comes with a chance to win a monthly $100 prize.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Cash in on carp An effort to reduce the number of grass carp in Bella Vista lakes comes with a chance to win a monthly $100 prize.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Finally, grass carp eat aquatic vegetation and was introduced to specifically eat weeds in catfish ponds.
    — Keenan Thomas, The Tennessean, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Out with grass carp An effort to reduce the number of grass carp in Bella Vista lakes comes with a chance to win a monthly $100 prize.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Carp out, cash in An effort to reduce the number of grass carp in Bella Vista lakes comes with a chance to win a monthly $100 prize.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Carp out, cash in An effort to reduce the number of grass carp in Bella Vista lakes comes with a chance to win a monthly $100 prize.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2025
  • According to the study, zebra and quagga mussels have had the biggest environmental impact, followed by grass carp and the common reed, which received the same ranking.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2024

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