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Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)

Grass carp
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Iraq country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Aquaculture: commercial | Ref: Coad, B.W., 1996
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Large numbers of fingerlings are produced by hatcheries for restocking in irrigation and drainage ditches (Ref. 27435). Also Ref. 109283.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/iz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.bim.ie/index.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Shireman, J.V. and C.R. Smith, 1983
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Klassifizierung / Names Namen | Synonyme | Catalog of Fishes(Gattung, Arten) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> 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 Ökologie


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