Common names:
Fytofag, Kopur Noqreai, Phytophague
Occurrence:
not established
Salinity:
freshwater
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Uses:
no uses
Comments:
Introduced to the Caspian Sea basin and in reservoirs (Ref. 39702) and marshes including in Khuzestan Province and Lake Zaribar, Kordestan by release from private and government fish farms (Ref. 27435). Does not breed in the wild but is continually stocked and caught for market. Believed to have caused the decline of the native, commercial cyprinid, Barbus sharpeyi in the Shadegan Marshes after young H. molitrix from the Caspian hatcheries were released (Ref. 27435).
National Checklist:
Country Information:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ir.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences:
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Main Ref:
Coad, B.W., 1995
National Database:
> Cypriniformes (Carps) > Xenocyprididae (East Asian minnows)
Etymology: Hypophthalmichthys:Greek, hypo = under + Greek, ophthalmos = eye + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); molitrix:molitrix, approximately grinder (referring to the pharyngeal grinding apparatus) (Ref. 10294). More on author: Valenciennes.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecologia
