''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 fresh water in East Asia, ranging from
Siberia to
Vietnam, but have been widely
introduced outside their native range, where often considered
invasive
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*Invasive species
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.
The genus is also known as bighead
carp
Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. While carp is consumed in many parts of the world, they are generally considered an invasive species in parts of ...
, though that term is also used for individual species, particularly ''
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis''. The Russian language has a special word for the genus - tolstolób, "thick forehead".
Species
The three currently recognized species in the genus are:
* ''H. harmandi''
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, 1884 (
largescale silver carp)
* ''H. molitrix''
( Valenciennes, 1844) (
silver carp)
* ''H. nobilis''
( J. Richardson, 1845) (
bighead carp)
References
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Cyprinidae genera
Carp
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