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Vinony's link graph records 205 inbound references to bighead carp, and connects out to Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinidae and mud carp.
Vinony files it under Carp, Commercial fish and Commons link from Wikidata.
Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
bighead
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Hypophthalmichthys
- Image
- Bighead carp.gif
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Data Deficient
- taxon name
- Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
- Commons category
- Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
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- Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
- taxon common name
- bighead
- taxon range
- Yangtze
- short name
- H. nobilis
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Encyclopedic overview
The bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish native to East Asia, and is one of several Asian carps introduced into North America. It is one of the most intensively exploited fishes in fish farming, with an annual worldwide production of over three million tonnes in 2013, principally from China. They are omnivores, consuming both algae and zooplankton.
Bighead carp, together with black carp, silver carp, and grass carp, make up the culturally important "four famous domestic fishes" used in polyculture in China for over a thousand years. It is widely farmed for food.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bighead carp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.