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Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)

Grass carp
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Afghanistan country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Introduced in the 1970s. Useful for aquaculture and fisheries because local alternatives do not exist (Ref. 1739, 13364). Occurs in Kabul river (Ref. 39701).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coad, B.W., 1981
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Ctenopharyngodon: Greek, kteis, ktenos = comb + Greek, pharyngx = pharynx + greek, odous = teeth (Ref. 45335);  idella: Cteno=comb; pharynx=throat; odon=tooth (in reference to its comblike pharyngeal teeth); and idella: presumably derived from the Greek idios, distinctive or peculiar (Ref. 79012).
  More on author: Valenciennes.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; potamodromous (Ref. 51243); depth range 0 - 30 m (Ref. 6898).   Subtropical; 0°C - 35°C (Ref. 52059); 50°N - 23°N, 100°E - 142°E (Ref. 48)

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