Meanings
plural silver carps
- A fish of the species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, native to East Asia, cultivated as a food fish.
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.
2023 April 4, Shuang-Lin Dong, Xiang-Li Tian, Qin-Feng Gao, Yun-Wei Dong, Aquaculture Ecology, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 342Synonyms: flying carp
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA fish of the species Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, native to East Asia, cultivated as a food fish.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 白鰱 /白鲢
- 白鰱 /白鲢 (báilián)Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Dutch zilverkarper
- zilverkarperHypophthalmichthys molitrix
Finnish hopeakarppi
- hopeakarppiHypophthalmichthys molitrix
German Silberkarpfen
- SilberkarpfenHypophthalmichthys molitrix
Japanese 白鰱
- 白鰱 (hakuren)Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Korean 백련어
- 백련어 (baengnyeoneo)Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Polish tołpyga, tołpyga biała
- tołpygaHypophthalmichthys molitrix
- tołpyga białaHypophthalmichthys molitrix
Portuguese carpa prateada
- carpa prateadaHypophthalmichthys molitrix
Russian бе́лый толстоло́бик, обыкнове́нный толстоло́бик
- бе́лый толстоло́бик (bélyj tolstolóbik)Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
- обыкнове́нный толстоло́бик (obyknovénnyj tolstolóbik)Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
- толстоло́бик (tolstolóbik)Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Cite this entry
silver carp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver%20carp
“silver carp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver%20carp. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silver carp,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver%20carp.
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