Silver carp: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the silver carp lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Group	Bony fish
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Xenocyprididae

Where does the silver carp live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the silver carp in 9 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: People's Republic of China, Yangtze River. In Belgium, Germany, Denmark, France, Japan, Serbia, Ukraine it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

United States
France (introduced)
Germany (introduced)
Ukraine (introduced)
Japan (introduced)
Serbia (introduced)
Israel
Denmark (introduced)
Belgium (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the silver carp endangered?

The silver carp’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the silver carp?

The silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is a ray-finned fish in the order Cypriniformes and the family Xenocyprididae, genus Hypophthalmichthys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the silver carp

The silver carp or silverfin (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to China and eastern Siberia, from the Amur River drainage in the north to the Xi Jiang River drainage in the south. Although a threatened species in its natural habitat, it has long been cultivated in China as one of the "four famous domestic fish" (四大家鱼) together with bighead carp, black carp, and grass carp. By weight, more silver carp are produced worldwide in aquaculture than any other species of fish except for the grass carp. Silver carp are usually farmed in polyculture with other Asian carp, or sometimes with catla or other fish species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Silver carp (revision 1370131930), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q76115 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).