WoRMS taxon details
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)
154319 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154319)
accepted
Species
Abramocephalus microlepis Steindachner, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cephalus mantschuricus Basilewsky, 1855 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Guichenot, 1871 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Bleeker, 1878 · unaccepted (ambiguous synonym)
Hypophthalmichthys dybowskii Herzenstein, 1888 · unaccepted (synonym)
Hypophthalmichthys mantschuricus (Basilewsky, 1855) · unaccepted
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hypothalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hypothamicthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Leuciscus hypophthalmus Richardson, 1845 · unaccepted (synonym)
Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)
Onychodon mantschuricus (Basilewsky, 1855) · unaccepted
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
(of Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
(of Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154319 on 2025-03-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
original description (of Hypophthalmichthys dybowskii Herzenstein, 1888) Warpachowski, N. A.; Herzenstein, S. M. (1888). Notizen über die Fischfauna des Amur-Beckens und der angrenzenden Gebiete. [Remarks on the ichthyology of the River Amur Basin and adjacent countries.]. <em>Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg.</em> v. 19 (no. 8) (for 1887): 1-58, 1 pl. [In Russian, German summary; diagnoses in Latin. Authorship reversed with German title.]. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
original description (of Cephalus mantschuricus 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 Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Bleeker, 1878) Bleeker, P. (1878). Sur les espèces du genre Hypophthalmichthys Blkr., Cephalus Bas. (nec. Bl. nec al.). <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 12: 209-218, Pls. 1-2.
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Abramocephalus microlepis Steindachner, 1869) Steindachner, F. (1869). Eine Abhandlung über einige neue Fischarten aus den Sammlungen des Wiener-Museums. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 6 (no. 19) (for 15 July 1869): 149-150. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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 Hypophthalmichthys dybowskii Herzenstein, 1888) Warpachowski, N. A.; Herzenstein, S. M. (1888). Notizen über die Fischfauna des Amur-Beckens und der angrenzenden Gebiete. [Remarks on the ichthyology of the River Amur Basin and adjacent countries.]. <em>Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg.</em> v. 19 (no. 8) (for 1887): 1-58, 1 pl. [In Russian, German summary; diagnoses in Latin. Authorship reversed with German title.]. [details]
original description (of Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. <em>Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes.</em> 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. [details]
original description (of Cephalus mantschuricus 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 Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Bleeker, 1878) Bleeker, P. (1878). Sur les espèces du genre Hypophthalmichthys Blkr., Cephalus Bas. (nec. Bl. nec al.). <em>Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2).</em> v. 12: 209-218, Pls. 1-2.
page(s): 210 [details]
original description (of Abramocephalus microlepis Steindachner, 1869) Steindachner, F. (1869). Eine Abhandlung über einige neue Fischarten aus den Sammlungen des Wiener-Museums. <em>Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> v. 6 (no. 19) (for 15 July 1869): 149-150. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [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
Unreviewed
Introduction This species has been introduced or released in Dutch waters. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | ballëgjeri i bardhë | [details] |
| Danish | sølvkarpe | [details] |
| Dutch | zilverkarper | [details] |
| English | silver carp | [details] |
| Russian | Толстолобик белый | [details] |
| Spanish | carpa plateada | [details] |
| Swedish | silverkarp | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Товстолоб білий | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (300 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dybowskii Herzenstein, 1888)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dybowskii Herzenstein, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Guichenot, 1871)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Guichenot, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus hypophthalmus Richardson, 1845)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cephalus mantschuricus Basilewsky, 1855)
To Fishbase (from synonym Abramocephalus microlepis Steindachner, 1869)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Bleeker, 1878)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys mantschuricus (Basilewsky, 1855))
To Fishbase (from synonym Onychodon mantschuricus (Basilewsky, 1855))
To FishBase images (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (50551 nucleotides; 1386 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844)
To GenBank (50551 nucleotides; 1386 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (52 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To Fishbase
To FishBase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dybowskii Herzenstein, 1888)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dybowskii Herzenstein, 1888)
To FishBase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Guichenot, 1871)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Guichenot, 1871)
To FishBase (from synonym Leuciscus hypophthalmus Richardson, 1845)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cephalus mantschuricus Basilewsky, 1855)
To Fishbase (from synonym Abramocephalus microlepis Steindachner, 1869)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys dabryi Bleeker, 1878)
To Fishbase (from synonym Hypophthalmichthys mantschuricus (Basilewsky, 1855))
To Fishbase (from synonym Onychodon mantschuricus (Basilewsky, 1855))
To FishBase images (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (50551 nucleotides; 1386 proteins) (from synonym Leuciscus molitrix Valenciennes, 1844)
To GenBank (50551 nucleotides; 1386 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To PESI
To ITIS
