Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Description
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)
[I]—Silver carp
Taxonomy. Original description: Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes in Cuvier&Valenciennes1844:360 (China;no types known).—Afghanistan synonyms:None.—Revisions: Berg(1949:846).—Illustration: Berg(1949:847,fig.579).
Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Moravec and Amin (1978); confirmed by Coad (1981: 11; 2014: 318).— Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River drainage.—General distribution: Asia: East Asia: Yangtze River basin, China and Russia; widely introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species migrates upstream for spawning. In its natural range, eggs and larva float downstream to floodplain zones. An active species well known for its habit of leaping clear of the water when disturbed. Swims just beneath the water’s surface. Very sensitive to low temperatures (below 5°C) and oxygen deficits. It feeds on phytoplankton and zooplankton. Freshwater, brackish.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Reasons of introduction. Fisheries: enhancement of wild stocks and sports fishing.
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
- Hypophthalmichthys
- Species
- molitrix
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) sec. Çiçek, Fricke, Eagderi, Sungur, Coad & Hamdard, 2023
References
- Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. (1844) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix - septieme. Suite du livre dix-huitieme. Cyprinoides. v. 17: i - xxiii + 1 - 497 + 2 pp., pls. 487 - 519.
- 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.