Ctenopharyngodon idella
Description
Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)
[I] — Grass carp
Taxonomy. Original description: Leuciscus idella Valenciennes, 1844: 362 (China; no types known).— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Berg (1949: 597).—Illustration: Berg (1949: 598, fig. 353).
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Moravec and Amin (1978); confirmed by Coad (1981: 10; 2014: 318).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—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. Biocontrol: to prevent eutrophication, aquatic plants, and pest control.
Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Ctenopharyngodon
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Valenciennes
- Species
- idella
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Berg, L. S. (1949) s. n. In: 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. Russian Academy of Sciences, USSR, Moskva, pp. 467 - 925. [in Russian, English translation appeared in Israel Program of Scientific Translation, Jerusalem, 1964, 496 pp.]
- Moravec, F. & Amin, A. (1978) Some helminth parasites excluding Monogenea from fishes of Afghanistan. Acta Sci Nat Brun, 12, 1 - 45.
- Coad, B. W. (1981) Fishes of Afghanistan, an annoted checklist. National Museum of Canada Publications in Zoology, 14, i - v + 1 - 26.
- Coad, B. W. (2014) Fishes of Afghanistan. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. 393 pp.