A detailed guide to the popular science of silver carp fisheries, quickly get to know this freshwater fish
Fisheries popular science knowledge - Silver carp
English name: Silver carp
Local names: Bai lian, Lian zi
Taxonomic status: Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Hypophthalmichthys
Morphological characteristics: Body laterally compressed, abdomen narrow, ventral keel complete. Head relatively small, about 1/4 of body length. Gill rakers specialized, fused with one another into a porous sponge-like membranous sheet. Scales small, easily shed, lateral line complete. Dorsal fin short, tip of pectoral fin not reaching past the base of the pelvic fin. Dorsal fin iii-7; anal fin iii-12~13; lateral line scales 108~124. Body silvery white, all fins gray.
Ecological habits: A pelagic and upper-layer fish, lively in nature, able to leap out of the water when startled. Grows fast, a 2-year-old fish can weigh more than 500 g. Feeds mainly on phytoplankton, and also eats small zooplankton, plant debris, etc. A river migratory fish, sexually mature at 3 years and older, spawning floating eggs.
Geographical distribution: Native to the Yangtze River system. Introduced to Ningxia in the 1950s, it is one of the leading aquaculture species in Ningxia.
Economic value: It has relatively high food value, and also has the ecological value of purifying water quality.
Local names: Bai lian, Lian zi
Taxonomic status: Cypriniformes, Cyprinidae, Hypophthalmichthys
Morphological characteristics: Body laterally compressed, abdomen narrow, ventral keel complete. Head relatively small, about 1/4 of body length. Gill rakers specialized, fused with one another into a porous sponge-like membranous sheet. Scales small, easily shed, lateral line complete. Dorsal fin short, tip of pectoral fin not reaching past the base of the pelvic fin. Dorsal fin iii-7; anal fin iii-12~13; lateral line scales 108~124. Body silvery white, all fins gray.
Ecological habits: A pelagic and upper-layer fish, lively in nature, able to leap out of the water when startled. Grows fast, a 2-year-old fish can weigh more than 500 g. Feeds mainly on phytoplankton, and also eats small zooplankton, plant debris, etc. A river migratory fish, sexually mature at 3 years and older, spawning floating eggs.
Geographical distribution: Native to the Yangtze River system. Introduced to Ningxia in the 1950s, it is one of the leading aquaculture species in Ningxia.
Economic value: It has relatively high food value, and also has the ecological value of purifying water quality.