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First U.K. recording in the wild of the bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Author(s) -
Britton J. R.,
Davies G. D.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01372.x
Subject(s) - hypophthalmichthys , bighead carp , biology , fishery , fish measurement , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , silver carp
Five specimens of bighead carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis were captured from a lake in eastern England in January 2006, their first confirmed recording in the wild in the U.K. They varied in fork lengths from 746 to 796 mm and mass from 10·0 to 13·5 kg. All the fish were age 9 years and were slow growing compared to populations elsewhere in their expanded range.