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

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hypophthalmichthys*	Bleeker, 1860	accepted genus name
*Aristichthys*	Oshima, 1919	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: ballëgjeri i bardhë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: sølvkarpe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: zilverkarper 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.

Russian: Толстолобик белый sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Spanish, Castillian: carpa plateada sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Swedish: silverkarp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Товстолоб білий

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. v. 17, pp i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp., Pls. 487-519.
basis of record	Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (47 publications)
Barcode of Life (15 barcodes)
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
GenBank (1049 nucleotides; 426 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844). 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:154319