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Grass Carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella (species), “White Amur”, “Gardd Carp”, “Glass Carp”

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The grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) is a large, herbivorous, freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae native to eastern Asia, with an original range from northern Vietnam to the Amur River on the Siberia-China border. This Asian carp is the only species of the genus Ctenopharyngodon. It is cultivated in China for food, but was introduced in Europe and the United States for aquatic weed control, becoming the species of fish with the largest reported production in aquaculture globally, over five million tonnes per year.The grass carp is a fish of large, turbid rivers and associated floodplain lakes, with a wide degree of temperature tolerance. Grass carp enter reproductive condition and spawn at temperatures of 20 to 30 °C (68 to 86 °F).

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