mud carp

English

Cirrhinus molitorella

Noun

mud carp (plural mud carps or mud carp)

1. A species of ray-finned fish (Cirrhinus molitorella).
   • 2023 April 4, Shuang-Lin Dong, Xiang-Li Tian, Qin-Feng Gao, Yun-Wei Dong, Aquaculture Ecology‎^[1], Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 342:

     The main fish species in freshwater ponds in China are silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp, common carp, crucian carp, black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella), etc. According to their live habitat, they can be divided relatively into pelagic and benthic fish.

Derived terms

• Jullien's mud carp
• Siamese mud carp

Further reading

• Cirrhinus molitorella on Wikipedia.Wikipedia