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Grass Carp

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Grass Carp

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Also known as Ctenopharyngodon idella

species of fish

OverviewAI-generated

The grass carp, scientifically known as Ctenopharyngodon idella, is a species within the family Cyprinidae. It belongs to the order Cypriniformes, class Teleostei, and phylum Chordata. The authority for this classification is attributed to Valenciennes, 1844. It is an accepted taxon with a common name also recorded as broadleaf carpetgrass in some contexts, though it is primarily identified as grass carp.

This organism inhabits brackish and freshwater environments. Its native range includes China and the Yangtze region. The IUCN Red List, in its 2022 assessment, categorizes the species as Least Concern. The maximum longevity of the grass carp is recorded as 21 years. It is described in the source Gujin Tushu Jicheng and is listed on the Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4 focus list.

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Species

Least Concern

grass carp

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassTeleostei
  3. OrderCypriniformes
  4. FamilyCyprinidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
Observations6,819

Maximum longevity: 21 years

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Encyclopedic overview

The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is a species of large herbivorous freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the Pacific Far East, with a native range stretching from northern Vietnam to the Amur River on the Sino-Russian border. This Asian carp is the only species of the genus Ctenopharyngodon.

Grass carp are resident fish of large turbid rivers and associated floodplain lakes/wetlands with a wide range of temperature tolerance, and spawn at temperatures of 20 to 30 °C (68 to 86 °F). It has been cultivated as a food fish in China for centuries, being known as one of the "Four Great Domestic Fish" (Chinese: 四大家鱼), but was later introduced to Europe and the United States for aquatic weed control, becoming the fish species with the largest reported farmed production globally, over five million tonnes per year.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grass Carp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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