Largescale silver carp
| Largescale silver carp | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei |
| Family: | Xenocyprididae |
| Genus: | Hypophthalmichthys |
| Species: | H. harmandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypophthalmichthys harmandi | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hypophthalmichthys molitrix harmandi Mai, 1978[1] | |
The largescale silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys harmandi) is a freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to Hainan and Vietnam.[3][2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of François-Jules Harmand, a French Navy Surgeon, naturalist and explorer of Indochina, who was the one who collected holotype.[4]
References
- ^ a b Huckstorf, V.; Thinh, D.V.; Van, N.S.; Nguyen, T.H.T. (2012). "Hypophthalmichthys harmandi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166886A1147381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166886A1147381.en.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypophthalmichthys harmandi". FishBase.
- ^ Liu, J., 1991. Hypophthalmichthyinae. p. 234-239. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 p.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE Günther 1868 (Sharpbellies)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 September 2025.