Chinese Mud Carp

Chinese mud carp
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Cirrhinus
Species:	C. chinensis
Binomial name
Cirrhinus chinensis Günther, 1868

Chinese mud carp (Cirrhinus chinensis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cirrhinus.

Description

Chinese mud carp are mainly distributed in Pearl River, Min River in People's Republic of China and Red River in Vietnam.

The Chinese standard name is traditional Chinese: 鯪魚; simplified Chinese: 鲮鱼; pinyin: língyú). It is called in Cantonese as traditional Chinese: 土鯪; simplified Chinese: 土鲮, traditional Chinese: 雪鯪; simplified Chinese: 雪鲮 or traditional Chinese: 雪公; simplified Chinese: 鲮公. Vietnamese name is cá trôi việt.

synonyms :

• Labeo collaris Nichols and Pope, 1927
• Cirrhinus melanostigma Myers, 1931
• Cirrhinus chinensis Bǎnǎrescu, 1972

Relationship with humans

Chinese mud carp is an important food fish in Guangdong Province. It is also cultured in this area and Taiwan.

Cantonese cuisine or Shunde cuisine often use this fish to make fish balls and dumplings. With douchi or Chinese fermented black beans (fried dace with salted black beans, for example), it is popular in Chinese society; it is served cooked with vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage.

External links

• Fishbase Cirrhinus molitorella
• FAO Fisheries andAquaculture Department Cirrhinus molitorella

Footnotes

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Cirrhinus chinensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

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