Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
creator: Appeltans, Ward
creator: Bailly, Nicolas
date: 2026-08-31
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154319 on 2026-08-31
created: 2005-04-18T10:19:08Z
modified: 2020-09-24T16:08:35Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)
class: Teleostei
family: Cyprinidae
genus: Hypophthalmichthys
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp.
name published in: Basilewsky, S. (1855). Ichthyographia Chinae borealis. Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou. 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.].
name published in: Bleeker, P. (1878). Sur les espèces du genre Hypophthalmichthys Blkr., Cephalus Bas. (nec. Bl. nec al.). Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeeling Natuurkunde (Ser. 2). v. 12: 209-218, Pls. 1-2.
name published in: Steindachner, F. (1869). Eine Abhandlung über einige neue Fischarten aus den Sammlungen des Wiener-Museums. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 6 (no. 19) (for 15 July 1869): 149-150.
name published in: 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.]. Trudy St.-Peterburgskogo Obscestva Estestvoispytatelej = Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg. v. 19 (no. 8) (for 1887): 1-58, 1 pl. [In Russian, German summary; diagnoses in Latin. Authorship reversed with German title.].
name published in year: 1844
name published in year: 1855
name published in year: 1878
name published in year: 1869
name published in year: 1888
order: Cypriniformes
parent name usage ID: 154318
phylum: Chordata
scientific name authorship: (Valenciennes, 1844)
specific epithet: molitrix
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted