Ctenopharyngodon idella
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 2. School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
- 3. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
- 4. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
- 5. Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 6. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
Description
Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) [I] — Grass carp
Taxonomy. Original description: Leuciscus idella Valenciennes, 1844: 362 (China; no types known).— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 597).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 598, fig. 353).
Status in Iraq. Introduced by the Government of Iraq in 1968 to culture it in ponds (Coad, 2010); confirmed by Al-Faisal et al. (2014).—Iraq materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Introduce somewhere.—General distribution: East Asia: China and Russia; widely introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species conducts its spawning and overwintering in middle and lower stretches of large floodplain rivers (below 1,000 m altitude), within lakes, reservoirs, and backwaters during feeding season, preferring warm, clear water and high oxygen concentration. It is tolerant of a wide range of environmental variables. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Reasons of introduction. Bio-control: to prevent eutrophication, aquatic plants, and pest control.
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Valenciennes
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Ctenopharyngodon
- Species
- idella
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) sec. Çiçek, Jawad, Eagderi, Esmaeili, Mouludi-Saleh, Sungur & Fricke, 2023
References
- Berg, L. S. (1949) Ryby presnych vod SSSR i sopredelnych stan. [Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries]. Vol. 2. 4 th Edition. Opredeliteli po faune SSSR. [Guide to the Fauna of the U. S. S. R.], Moskva. Freshwater fishes of the U. S. S. R. and adjacent countries, No. 29, 467 - 925. [in Russian, English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 1964, pp. 1 - 496]
- Coad, B. W. (2010) Freshwater fishes of Iraq. Pensoft Publication, Sofia, 274 pp., 16 pls.