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Grass carp grow large and are strong fighters when hooked on a line, but because of their vegetarian habits and their wariness, they can be difficult to catch via angling. [18] The IGFA World record for a grass carp caught on line and hook is 39.75 kg (87.6 lb), caught in Bulgaria in 2009. [ 19 ]
There are many species like Oriochromis, Grass carp, common carp, silver carp, etc. that have been introduced in the inland water of Maharashtra. The entire region comes under 4 basins viz. Narmada, Tapti, Godavari and Krishna. The following list is arranged taxonomically; the distribution given by many sources given in the reference section.
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).
Cirrhinus fulungee (endemic), Deccan white carp; Cirrhinus macrops (endemic), Hora white carp; Crossocheilus burmanicus (native) Crossocheilus diplochilus (native), Kashmir latia; Crossocheilus latius (native), Gangetic latia; Crossocheilus periyarensis (endemic) Ctenopharyngodon idella (introduced), grass carp; Cyprinion semiplotum (native ...
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
Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and the largest vertebrate animal family overall, with about 3,000 species ; only 1,270 of these remain ...
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