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Indian carp or Indian major carp is a common name for several species of fish: Catla catla or catla. It is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish of the carp family; Cirrhinus cirrhosus or mrigal, a ray-finned fish of the carp family native to rivers in India
Catla (Labeo catla; Bengali: কাতলা, romanized: kātlā) also known as the major South Asian carp, is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to rivers and lakes in northern India , Bangladesh , Myanmar , Nepal , and Pakistan , but has also been introduced elsewhere in South ...
Several carp species (collectively known as Asian carp) were domesticated in East Asia. Carp that are originally from South Asia, for example catla (Gibelion catla), rohu (Labeo rohita) and mrigal (Cirrhinus cirrhosus), are known as Indian carp. Their hardiness and adaptability have allowed domesticated species to be propagated all around the ...
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.
Dr. Hiralal Chaudhuri (Bengali: [Hīrālāla caudhurī]; 21 November 1921 – 12 September 2014) was an Indian Bengali fisheries scientist. He is known as the "father of induced breeding" of the carp. The Blue revolution in India was developed on the basis of his work on seed production technology through Hypophysation.
Silver carp: সিলভার কার্প: introduced: Silver carp: Hypophthalmichthys molitrix: Cypriniformes Surma: সুরমা: native: king mackerel: Scomberomorus cavalla: Scombriformes Kuicha or lomba pakhnar shap bain: কুইচা or লম্বা পাখনার সাপ বাইন: native: Longfin snake-eel ...
The Indian carps are considered as a delicacy compared to other exotic carp species also cultured in Asia, and sell for higher prices. [1] Reported annual aquafarming production numbers of mrigal carp since the early 1990s have varied between 250,000 and 550,000 tonnes, with no clear trend. India and Bangladesh are the largest producers. [2]
The rohu, rui, ruhi or roho labeo (Labeo rohita) is a species of fish of the carp family, found in rivers in South Asia. It is a large omnivore and extensively used in aquaculture . Description