Hypophthalmichthys nobilis ( Richardson, 1845 )

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 : 32

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.8097232

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CA1A3C-FFB5-FF94-38E2-1FAD8AF167EC

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Plazi

scientific name

Hypophthalmichthys nobilis ( Richardson, 1845 )
status

 

Hypophthalmichthys nobilis ( Richardson, 1845) View in CoL View at ENA

[I]—Asian carp, big head carp

Taxonomy. Original description: Leuciscus nobilis Richardson, 1845: 140 View in CoL , pl. 63, fig. 3 (Canton, China; holotype: BMNH 1968.3.11.4].— Afghanistan synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Richardson (1845:pl. 63, fig. 3) as Leuciscus nobilis View in CoL .

Status in Afghanistan. First record from Afghanistan by Coad (1996); confirmed by Beintema (2006).—Afghanistan materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Sistan River drainage.—General distribution: East Asia: Yangtze River basin ( China); widely introduced elsewhere.—Habitat: This species occurs in both fast-running and standing streams in mainly shallow but also deep areas. It is an omnivore and is thought to have a moderate tolerance for habitat degradation. 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

Hypophthalmichthys

Loc

Hypophthalmichthys nobilis ( Richardson, 1845 )

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

Leuciscus nobilis

Richardson 1845: 140
1845
Loc

Leuciscus nobilis

Richardson 1845
1845
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