CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What is the difference between silver carp and bighead carp? What is the largest recorded weight of black carp?

What is the difference between silver carp and bighead carp?

There is no difference between silver carp and bighead carp, both are nicknames for bighead carp. Bighead carp is a freshwater fish of the genus Bighead carp of the family Cyprinidae, also known as silver carp, black carp, and bighead carp. Because the head length can reach 1/3 of the body length, it is also called bighead carp, bighead carp, and Baotou fish. It is widely distributed in various parts of China. The average individual is generally 5 to 10 kilograms, and the largest individual can reach more than 40 to 50 kilograms.

Morphological characteristics

Bighead carp has a flat and slightly high body, with a relatively round abdomen before the base of the pectoral fin, and a narrow abdominal ridge from the posterior side to the anus. The head can reach 1/3 of the body length, the base of the dorsal fin is short, the pelvic fins are long, and the tail of the pectoral fin can reach or slightly exceed the anus. The fins are deeply forked, the back and upper body are slightly black with irregular black spots, the abdomen is grayish white, and the fins are grayish white with small gray-black spots.

Living habits

Middle and upper layer fish species: Bighead carp is a middle and upper layer aquatic animal, usually it is active in the middle and upper layers of the water, but seasonal changes, water temperature, air pressure, water clarity, flow size, water level fluctuations, bait environment, etc. will affect the activity of bighead carp.

What is the largest record weight of black carp?

The current record of the largest black carp is 114 kg. Black carp is a large freshwater fish, generally 10 to 20 kg, the largest individual can reach more than 100 kg, under artificial breeding conditions, the weight of one winter can reach 1 kg, 2 to 3 winters can reach 3 to 5 kg, 4 to 5 winters can reach 7 to 10 kg, the current record of the largest black carp is 114 kg, caught on July 13, 2005 in Jinniu Lake, Liuhe District, Nanjing, body length 1.76 meters, weight 114 kg.

Distribution

Black carp is mainly distributed in the deep waters of Asia, Europe and North America, such as China, Russia, the United States, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Kazakhstan and other places. In my country, except the Tibetan Plateau, it is distributed in various water bodies such as the Yangtze River, Pearl River, Yellow River, Huai River, Heilongjiang River, Minjiang River, etc., especially in the plains at the south end of the Yangtze River, and relatively less in the deep waters to the north of the Yangtze River.

Silver carp belongs to the silver carp, while bighead carp, also known as bighead carp, belongs to the bighead carp, with different body colors. The current record is a wild black carp with a body length of 1.86 meters and a weight of 218 kilograms. After scale identification, this black carp is about 40 years old. This is also the largest black carp that has been discovered. Not including unknown waters, there may be larger black carps.

There is no difference between silver carp and bighead carp, both are aliases for bighead carp; the current largest record for black carp is 228 kilograms.

They belong to the same species and there is no difference. These are all names for bighead carp. The largest recorded weight is 50 kilograms.