Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Actinopterygii > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae

Hypophthalmichthys Bleeker, 1860

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Aristichthys*	Oshima, 1919	synonym

Children

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (Richardson, 1845)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: silver carp sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

German: silber Karpfen

Literature

original description	Bleeker, P. (1859). Conspectus systematis Cyprinorum. Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië v. 20, pp 421-441.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

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Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Hypophthalmichthys Bleeker, 1860. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154318