Black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
Image source: Jo's Animal Database
General data
- Main name: Black carp
- Local names: Black amur
- Climates: Subtropical, Temperate, Continental
- Habitat: Freshwater
- Native: Asia
- Introduced: Europe, North America
- Distribution: Danube, Amur, Missouri River, Yangtze, Amu Darya
Classification
- Genus: Mylopharyngodon - Black carps
- Family: Xenocyprididae - East Asian minnows
- Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes