Hypophthalmichthys

Taxobox
name = "Hypophthalmichthys"


image_caption = Bighead carp
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Cypriniformes
familia = Cyprinidae
genus = "Hypophthalmichthys"
genus_authority = (Bleeker, 1860)
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Hypophthalmichthys" is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of three species. The name comes from Greek Unicode|ὑπό, ("hypó") "below"; Unicode|ὀφθαλμός ("ophthalmós"), "eye"; Unicode|ἰχθῦς ("ichthŷs"), "fish", thus "fish with eyes below" referring to the fact that the fish has its eyes below the mouth line.

They are also known as bighead carps, though that term is also locally used for individual species, particularly "Hypophthalmichthys nobilis".

Species

* "Hypophthalmichthys harmandi" Sauvage, 1884
* "Hypophthalmichthys molitrix" (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1844) - Silver carp
* "Hypophthalmichthys nobilis" (Richardson, 1845) - Bighead carp