Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Cypriniformes > Family Cyprinidae > Subfamily Xenocypridinae > Genus Hypophthalmichthys

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hypophthalmichthys*	Bleeker, 1860	accepted genus name
*Aristichthys*	Oshima, 1919	synonym

Species group names

*Leuciscus molitrix*	Valenciennes, 1844	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: ballëgjeri i bardhë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: sølvkarpe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: zilverkarper sources: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp.

English: silver carp sources: FAO. FAO Species Identification and Data Programme (SIDP). Aquatic Species Fact Sheets.

Russian: Толстолобик белый sources: A.Boltachev & E. Karpova, IBSS NAS Ukraine

Spanish, Castillian: carpa plateada sources: Nelson, J.S.; Crossman, E.J.; Espinosa-Pérez, H.; Findley, L.T.; Gilbert, C.R.; Lea, R.N.; Williams, J.D. (2004). Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada and Mexico Special Publication. American Fisheries Society, 29 American Fisheries Society: Bethesda. ISBN 1-888569-61-1. 386 + CD-Rom pp.

Swedish: silverkarp sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Товстолоб білий

Literature

original description	Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1844). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. 17(487-519): i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp.
basis of record	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.
basis of record	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

Genbank

External Links

Fishbase
FishBase images (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Sri Lanka, by Ramani Shirantha)

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Valenciennes, 1844). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154319