Mud Carp
| Mud Carp | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhinus |
| Species: | C. molitorella |
| Binomial name | |
| Cirrhinus molitorella (Valenciennes, 1844) |
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The mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella) or dace is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cirrhinus found mainly in southern China and Vietnam.
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[edit] History
The mud carp is a fish native to China and found in the waterways of the Pearl River, but it also found in the Mekong River. The freshwater fish was introduced as food fish to substitute Common carp for common people as the former fish was reserved for consumption by the Emperor.[1]
[edit] Habitat
The mud crap is found in Mekong River and Pearl River delta, as well as bodies of freshwater along these two rivers.
The fish has by introduced to areas beyond their habitat[2]:
Within China the fish is raised on fish farms.
[edit] Diet
Mud carp is an omnivore and mainly consumes water plants or insects. Farm raised carp are fed pellets.
[edit] Food
Due to low cost of production, the fish is mainly consumed by the poor and locally consumed; it is mostly sold and eaten live, but can be dried and salted.[3]
The fish is sometimes canned or processed as fish cakes, fish balls [4] or dumplings. They can be found for retail sale within China.[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/809/cultured-aquatic-species-mud-carp
- ^ http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/809/cultured-aquatic-species-mud-carp
- ^ http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/809/cultured-aquatic-species-mud-carp
- ^ http://www.clovegarden.com/ingred/sf_carpz.html
- ^ http://www.thefishsite.com/articles/809/cultured-aquatic-species-mud-carp
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Cirrhinus molitorella" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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