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Is Carps and minnows kosher?

Yes — Carps and minnows is kosher under Jewish dietary law.

Carps and minnows has fins and scales, which are the two requirements for kosher fish under Jewish dietary law (Leviticus 11:9-12).

Carps and minnows

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Also known as
Black Fish, Blackfish, Bream, Carp, Crucian, Crucian carp, Freshwater Bream, Freshwater breams, Goldfish, Hardhead, Leather Carp, Mirror Carp, Roach, Scramento Backfish, Scramento backfish, Splittail, Squawfish, Squawfishes, Tench, Wrasse, hardhead, tench
Kosher status
Kosher

About Carps and minnows

Family Cyprinidae, Including: the carp, leather carp, mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio); Crucian carp (Carassius carassius); Goldfish (Carassius auratus); tench (Tinca tinca); Splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus); Squawfishes (Ptychocheilus species); Scramento backfish or hardhead (Orthodon microlepidotus); Freshwater breams (Abramis species, Blicca species); Roach (Rutilus rutilus).

Source: kosherfish.co/kosher-fish-list (snapshot 2025-12-19); legacy csv

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