WoRMS taxon details
Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson, 1846)
594789 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594789)
accepted
Species
Barbus tonkinensis Sauvage, 1884 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leucisculus fuscus Oshima, 1920 · unaccepted
Leuciscus aethiops Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus dubius Bleeker, 1864 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846 · unaccepted (synonym)
Myloleuciscus aethiops (Basilewsky, 1855) · unaccepted
Myloleuciscus atripinnis Garman, 1912 · unaccepted
Myloleucus aethiops (Basilewsky, 1855) · unaccepted
Mylopharyngodon aethiops (Basilewsky, 1855) · unaccepted
Mylopharyngodon pisceus (Richardson, 1846) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
(of Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594789 on 2025-08-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Barbus tonkinensis Sauvage, 1884) Sauvage, H.-E. (1884). Contribution à la faune ichthyologique du Tonkin. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> v. 9: 209-215, Pls. 7-8. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus dubius Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864). Notice sur quelques poissons de la Baie de Manille. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 2: 30-32.
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Leuciscus aethiops Basilewsky, 1855) Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. [details]
original description (of Leucisculus fuscus Oshima, 1920) Oshima, M. (1920). Notes on freshwater fishes of Formosa, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 72: 120-135, Pls. 3-5. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Leuciscus dubius Bleeker, 1864) Bleeker, P. (1864). Notice sur quelques poissons de la Baie de Manille. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 2: 30-32.
page(s): 31 [details]
original description (of Leuciscus aethiops Basilewsky, 1855) Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. <em>Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou.</em> 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. [Published in 1855, written in 1852 (see cover). Plates cited in text do not agree with the actual plates.]. [details]
original description (of Leucisculus fuscus Oshima, 1920) Oshima, M. (1920). Notes on freshwater fishes of Formosa, with descriptions of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> v. 72: 120-135, Pls. 3-5. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846) Richardson, J. (1846). Report on the ichthyology of the seas of China and Japan. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 15th meeting [1845]:.</em> 187-320. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | black carp | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (118 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
To Fishbase
To Fishbase (from synonym Leucisculus fuscus Oshima, 1920)
To Fishbase (from synonym Myloleuciscus atripinnis Garman, 1912)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mylopharyngodon aethiops (Basilewsky, 1855))
To Fishbase (from synonym Myloleucus aethiops (Basilewsky, 1855))
To Fishbase (from synonym Myloleuciscus aethiops (Basilewsky, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Barbus tonkinensis Sauvage, 1884)
To Fishbase (from synonym Barbus tonkinensis Sauvage, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus dubius Bleeker, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus dubius Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus aethiops Basilewsky, 1855)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus aethiops Basilewsky, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase images (Mylopharyngodon piceus, by CAFS)
To GenBank (4128 nucleotides; 884 proteins)
To GenBank (4128 nucleotides; 884 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
To Fishbase
To Fishbase (from synonym Leucisculus fuscus Oshima, 1920)
To Fishbase (from synonym Myloleuciscus atripinnis Garman, 1912)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mylopharyngodon aethiops (Basilewsky, 1855))
To Fishbase (from synonym Myloleucus aethiops (Basilewsky, 1855))
To Fishbase (from synonym Myloleuciscus aethiops (Basilewsky, 1855))
To FishBase (from synonym Barbus tonkinensis Sauvage, 1884)
To Fishbase (from synonym Barbus tonkinensis Sauvage, 1884)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus dubius Bleeker, 1864)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus dubius Bleeker, 1864)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus aethiops Basilewsky, 1855)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus aethiops Basilewsky, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846)
To Fishbase (from synonym Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846)
To FishBase images (Mylopharyngodon piceus, by CAFS)
To GenBank (4128 nucleotides; 884 proteins)
To GenBank (4128 nucleotides; 884 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus piceus Richardson, 1846)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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