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Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)

Silver carp
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Belyi tolstolob, Chinese schemer, Silver carp
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Found in the Lake Khanka drainage area (Amur river basin). Introduced from the Amur (Siberia) to the European Russia (Ref. 59043). This has been translocated to areas (such as Don, Volga, Sakhalin Island) within the country for aquaculture and stocking in open water. However, it failed to establish populations in areas where it has been transplanted to as reported in 2002 (Ref. 45022). But earlier reports indicated that self-supporting populations existed in the Kuban, Terek, and in some other rivers (Ref. 26334). Native wild stocks are declining (Ref. 59043). EurRus
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Reshetnikov, Y.S., N.G. Bogutskaya, E.D. Vasil'eva, E.A. Dorofeeva, A.M. Naseka, O.A. Popova, K.A. Savvaitova, V.G. Sideleva and L.I. Sokolov, 1997
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Carpe argentée, Carpa plateada, 鲢, ... more

Classification / Names Nombres comunes | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Especie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Hypophthalmichthys: Greek, hypo = under + Greek, ophthalmos = eye + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335);  molitrix: molitrix, approximately grinder (referring to the pharyngeal grinding apparatus) (Ref. 10294).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

; agua dulce; salobre bentopelágico; potamodromo (Ref. 51243); rango de profundidad 0 - 20 m (Ref. 6898).   Subtropical; 6°C - 30°C (Ref. 37797); 63°N - 8°N, 73°E - 148°E (Ref. 120939)

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