Black carp definition

Black carp means the species Mylopharyngodon piceus.

Examples of Black carp in a sentence

• Black carp have been reported to consume zebra mussels, but it is unlikely that black carp are able to break apart clumps or rafts of zebra mussels (Nico et al.

• Black carp are considered one of the most desirable food fish in China and fish farmers in the United States anticipated that sales of the fish would be high in ethnic markets.

• Black carp are native to the Pacific drainages of eastern Asia between 22 and 51°N latitudes.

• Black carp have been reported to tolerate dissolved oxygen concentrations as low as 2 ppm.

• Black carp mature from 6-11 years, depending on latitude, diet, and habitat.

• Black carp feed primarily on mussels and snails, collectively the most imperiled aquatic organisms in the United States; nearly 70 percent of North American mussels are listed as extinct, endangered, threatened, or of special concern (Johnson and Butler 1999; USFWS 2005).

• Black carp were first imported into the United States in 1973 by a private fish farmer in Arkansas as part of a “mixed shipment of Chinese carps.” These initial specimens were trusted into the possession of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for evaluation, were never successfully spawned, and were eventually destroyed (personal communication, Mike Freeze, Keo Fish Farm).

• The body of the black carp is covered with large cycloid scales; coloration of the body varies from brown to black Figure 2.2.1. Black carp.

• Black carp were imported into the United States on several occasions during the 1980’s by private fish farmers as a potential food fish and again during the 1990s as a potential biological control for snail-borne parasites in aquaculture ponds (personal communication, Andrew Mitchell, USDA).

• Species Common name Source Year of introductionCtenopharyngodon idellus Grass carp HongkongNepal Japan China1966197919701994Mylopharyngodon piceus Black carp China 1983Hypophthalmichthys molitrix Silver carp Hong KongChinaAristichthys nobilis Bighead carp Nepal ChinaCyprinus carpio var.