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Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)

Grass carp
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Russian Federation country information

Common names: Grass carp, White amur, Амур белый
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: FAO Fishery Information, Data and Statistics Service, 1993
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the middle and lower reaches of the Amur, in the Sungari, Ussuri, and Lake Khanka as well as in the Don and Volga systems (Ref. 26334). This has been translocated to areas within the country for aquaculture and stocking in open waters however, it failed to establish populations in areas where it has been transplanted to (Ref. 45022). Also Ref. 13397. EurRus
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bogutskaya, N.G. and A.M. Naseka, 2002
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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