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Asian carp is an informal grouping of several species of cyprinid freshwater fishes native to Eurasia, commonly referring to the four East Asian species silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp (a.k.a. white amur) and black carp (a.k.a. black amur), [note 1] which were introduced to North America during the 1970s and now regarded as invasive in the United States.
The four dominant fish species known in the United States as Asian carp are introduced invasive species.They all cause harm within their new environments. Specifically, the four most well-known species of invasive Asian carp are black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix), and bighead carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis).
The Japanese white crucian carp, also known as Japanese carp, white crucian carp, or gengoro-buna (Carassius cuvieri), is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family (family Cyprinidae). It is found in Japan and, as an introduced species, in several other countries in Asia. [2] This fish is closely related to the commonly known goldfish.
Spring viraemia of carp virus has been shown to infect a wide variety of fish species including silver carp, grass carp, crucian carp, and bighead carp.It has also been shown experimentally to infect other fish species including northern pike, guppies, zebrafish, and pumpkinseed. [1]
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Bothriocephalus acheilognathi, also known as the Asian tapeworm, is a freshwater fish parasite that originated from China and Eastern Russia. It is a generalized parasite that affects a wide variety of fish hosts , particularly cyprinids , contributing to its overall success.
Cyprinus rubrofuscus, the Amur carp, is a species of cyprinid fish, and is the wild form of the well-known koi. It is widespread in the fresh waters of eastern Asia , native to China , Korea , Russia , Vietnam and Laos from the Amur to Red River basins , and has also been introduced outside its native range. [ 1 ]
The Journal of East Asian Studies is a triannual peer-reviewed open-access academic journal covering East Asian studies. It was established in 2001 and is published by Cambridge University Press. As of 2024, the editor-in-chief is Thomas Pepinsky (Cornell University). [1]