Abstract: The invention uses the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method of DNA amplification to detect the presence of Asian Carp, including the following species: Hypophthalmichthys nobilis, H. molitrix, Ctenopharyngodon idella, Mylopharyngodon piceus. The LAMP primers disclosed are designed to anneal to a mitochondrial DNA sequence only found in Asian Carp to initiate replication of that segment of DNA. This invention allows minimally trained users to test water samples in under an hour rather than manually screening thousands of fish that could be difficult to identify visually.