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Hypophthalmichthys
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Specimen Records:48
Specimens with Sequences:52
Specimens with Barcodes:48
Species:2
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:32
Public Species:2
Public BINs:2
Hypophthalmichthys is a genus of large cyprinid fish consisting of three species. The name comes from Greek ὑπό, (hypó) "below"; ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós), "eye"; ἰχθῦς (ichthŷs), "fish", thus "fish with eyes below", referring to the fact that the fish has its eyes below the mouth line. Members of this genus are native to freshwater in East Asia, ranging from Siberia to Vietnam, but have been widely introduced outside their native range where often considered invasive.
They are also known as bighead carp, though that term is also locally used for individual species, particularly Hypophthalmichthys nobilis.
Species[edit]
There are three currently recognized species in the genus: [1]
- Hypophthalmichthys harmandi Sauvage, 1884
- Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) (silver carp)
- Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (J. Richardson, 1845) (bighead carp)
References[edit]
- ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). Species of Hypophthalmichthys in FishBase. June 2014 version.
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