Grass Carp
Ctenopharyngodon idella
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,808
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is a species of large herbivorous freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to the Pacific Far East, with a native range stretching from northern Vietnam to the Amur River on the Sino-Russian border. This Asian carp is the only species of the genus Ctenopharyngodon. Grass carp are resident fish of large turbid rivers and associated floodplain lakes/wetlands with a wide range of temperature tolerance, and spawn at temperatures of 20 to 30 °C (68 to 86 °F).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Grass carp”.