Hypophthalmichthys
The thickforeheads (Hypophthalmichthys) comprise a genus of large cyprinid fish consisting of three species. The scientific 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.
| Hypophthalmichthys | |
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| Bighead carp | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenocyprinae |
| Genus: | Hypophthalmichthys Bleeker, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844 | |
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Species
The three currently recognized species in the genus are:[1]
- H. harmandi Sauvage, 1884 (largescale silver carp or largescale thickforehead)
- H. molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) (silver carp or white thickforehead)
- H. nobilis (J. Richardson, 1845) (bighead carp or painted thickforehead)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Hypophthalmichthys in FishBase. June 2014 version.
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