Cirrhinus mrigala ( Hamilton, 1822 )

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 : 17

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.8097127

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFBA-FF9B-38E2-1A858AF162F4

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scientific name

Cirrhinus mrigala ( Hamilton, 1822 )
status

 

Cirrhinus mrigala ( Hamilton, 1822) View in CoL View at ENA

[I]—Mrigal

Taxonomy. Original description: Cyprinus mrigala Hamilton, 1822: 279 View in CoL , 386, pl. 6, fig. 79 [Gangetic provinces, India; no types known].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: Roberts (1997: 177) as synonym of C. cirrhosus View in CoL .—Illustration: Hamilton (1822: pl. 6, fig. 79) as Cyprinus mrigala View in CoL .

Status in Afghanistan. This species is found in aquaculture facilities but not recorded from wild ecosystems in Afghanistan ( Currie 2006; Coad 2014).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kept in aquaculture facilities.—General distribution: South Asia: India; introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species inhabits rivers and tanks. It breeds during the southwest monsoon in shallow pockets in marginal areas and in bunds. It is a detritus feeder with a narrow range of food variety. It is a bottom feeder, subsisting mainly on decaying vegetation. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Commercially important.

Reasons of introduction. Fisheries: enhancement of wild stocks and sports fishing.

Conservation. Not relevant (introduced species).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Cirrhinus

Loc

Cirrhinus mrigala ( Hamilton, 1822 )

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

Cyprinus mrigala

Hamilton 1822: 279
1822
Loc

Cyprinus mrigala

Hamilton 1822
1822
Loc

C. cirrhosus

Bloch 1795
1795
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