Hypophthalmichthys nobilis

Super Group: 
Opisthokonta
Phylum: 
Chordata
Sub-Phylum: 
Vertebrata
Class: 
Actinopteri
Sub-Class: 
Neopterygii
Order: 
Cypriniformes
Family: 
Cyprinidae
Genus: 
Hypophthalmichthys
Species: 
nobilis
Authority: 
Richardson 1845
Synonym(s): 
Aristichthys nobilis

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Diagnosis

Invasive species
Body_length: 60 cm (max 146 cm)
 

Ecology

Temperature: 0.5-38°C

Substrate: Freshwater
Sociability: gregarious

Life cycle

Reproduction_mode: sexual
Generation: >3 years

Feeding behaviour

Omnivorous
Filter feeder

Mode of locomotion

Motility: motile_swimming

Observation site(s)

SYMBIONTS

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Piscinoodinium pillulare Asia Sungai Besi Selangor F. M. Shaharom-Harrison, Anderson, I. G., Siti, A. Z., Shazili, N. A. M., Ang, K. J., and Azmi, T. I., “Epizootics of Malaysian Cultured Freshwater Pond Fishes by Piscinoodinium pillulare (Schaperclaus 1954) Lom 1981”, Aquaculture, vol. 86, pp. 127-138, 1990.