Grass carp definition

Grass carp means the genus Ctenopharyngodon.
Grass carp means the species Ctenopharyngodon idella.

Examples of Grass carp in a sentence

  • Grass carp can consume up to 40% of their body weight per day in aquatic vegetation (Laird and Page 1996).

  • Grass carp are also known to consume terrestrial vegetation (Kilgen and Smitherman1971; Terrell and Fox 1974) by digging into banks and uprooting riparian vegetation (personal communication, Duane Chapman, USGS).

  • Grass carp are also used widely for vegetation control by private aquaculture facilities; approximately 42% of catfish production facilities use grass carp for vegetation control (APHIS 2003).

  • Grass carp grow rapidly before the onset of maturity, reaching 1 kg by age one and growing 2-3 kg per year in temperate climates and 4.5 kg/year in tropical climates (Shireman and Smith 1983).

  • Grass carp are highly migratory, transported across watersheds, and widely stocked; factors that make this fish a concern for the further dispersal of the Asian tapeworm in waters of the United States.

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  • Grass carp prefer large, slow flowing water bodies with available vegetation.

  • The species can withstand dissolved oxygen concentrations as low as 0.5 ppm and salinities to 10 ppt (Froese and Pauly 2001) Grass carp possess comb-like pharyngeal teeth that are used to grind vegetation.

  • Grass carp can tolerate water temperatures between 0-38°C, but prefer temperatures of 10-26°C.

  • Grass carp eggs are non-adhesive and semi-buoyant, requiring flowing water for incubation (Cudmore and Mandrak 2004).

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