Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid, 2023, Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist, Zootaxa 5305 (1), pp. 1-69 : 31

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5305.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:55EB7903-BB1A-45F9-9660-16DAF957C67A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8097226

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFB4-FF95-38E2-1D698AF160A0

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)
status

 

Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844) View in CoL View at ENA

[I] — Grass carp

Taxonomy. Original description: Leuciscus idella Valenciennes, 1844: 362 View in CoL ( 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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Ctenopharyngodon

Loc

Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 2023
2023
Loc

Leuciscus idella

Valenciennes 1844: 362
1844
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