Carpa erbivora o amur, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844)

Nomi comuni esteri - Francese - Amour blanc, Carpe herbivore, Carpe amour, Carpe de roseau. Inglese - Grass carp, White amur. Tedesco - Graskarpfen. Spagnolo - Carpa herbivora. Portoghese - Carpa-do-limo. Danese - Græskarpe. Olandese - Graskarper, Chinese graskarper. Svedese - Gräskarp. Norvegese - Graskarpe. Afrikaans - Graskarp. Finnico - Ruohokarppi. Russo - Belyi Amur. Polacco - Amur bialy, Crap-de-iarba. Cecoslovacco - Amur bily. Rumeno - Crap alb chinezese, Crap de iarba, Cosas. Bulgaro - Byal amur. Albanese - Amuri i bardhe. Giapponese - Sôgyo. Malese - Kap makan rumput, Kap rumput, Tongsan Malaysia. Cinese - Waan ue. Vietnamita - Cá châm. Cambogiano - Trey srokchen. Laotiano -  Pa kin gnia. Tailandese - Pla chao hea, Pla kin ya, Pla van hea.

Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844). In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 17 362. Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN valida.

Leuciscus idella Valenciennes, 1844. In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp. ; v. 17 362. Sinonimo senior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Nomenclatura valida come Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes 1844) [alcuni scrivono "idellus", il nome corretto è "idella", ma "Ctenopharyngodon" è un nome maschile], secondo Berg 1949:597, Okada 1961:738, Yang & Hwang 1964:13, Lee et al. 1980:151, Coad 1981:10, Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:58, Wang 1984:36, Kuang in Kuang et al. 1986:44 (scritto idellus e con autore citato Cuvier & Valenciennes), Smith 1986:120, Ortega & Vari 1986:6, Robison & Buchanan 1988:174, Chen & Li in Chu & Chen 1989:40, Paulin et al. 1989:81, Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:282, Zheng et al. 1989:77, McAllister 1990:59, Tomelleri & Eberle 1990:82, Page & Burr 1991:63, Pethiyagoda 1991:62, Song in Pan et al. 1991:83, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:175, Coad 1991:16, Boschung 1992:45, Etnier & Starnes 1993:144, Kottelat et al. 1993:34, Skelton 1993:190, Ding 1994:140, Jenkins & Burkhead 1994:277, Baxter & Stone 1995:62, Coad 1995:16, Yang & Chen 1995:34, Cross & Collins 1995:54, Zhu 1995:29, Mrakovcic et al. 1995:184, Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:44, Coad 1996:84, Mettee et al. 1996:155, Cheng & Zhou 1997:114 (scritto idellus e con autore citato Cuvier & Valenciennes), Kottelat 1997:56, Kim 1997:512, Reshetnikov et al. 1997:736, Vu & Nguyen 1997:26 (scritto idellus), Chen in Chen 1998:102, Bogutskaya 1998:89, Luo in Chen et al. 1998:102, Scott & Crossman 1998:vii, Bíró 1999:305, Fuller et al. 1999:50, Dyer 2000:89, Lyons et al. 2000:64, Nakabo 2000:263, Rafique 2000:324, Azeroual et al. 2000:20, Sheiko & Fedorov 2000:17, Matsuura et al. 2000:76, Tang et al. 2001:12, Kottelat 2001:20, Kottelat 2001:43, Gabrielyan 2001:27, Ross et al. 2001:133, Bogutskaya et al. 2001:44, Wang et al. 2001:80 (scritto idellus e con autore citato Cuvier & Valenciennes), Skelton 2001:1906, Kim & Park 2002:60, Nakabo 2002:263, Youn 2002:157, 512 (scritto idellus), Raju Thomas et al. 2002:49 (scritto idellus), Moyle 2002:176 con autore Steindachner, Mirza 2003:12, López et al. 2003:9 (scritto idellus), Wydoski & Whitney 2003:122, Nelson et al. 2004:68, Hanel 2003:49 (scritto idellus), Seegers et al. 2003:33, Boschung & Mayden 2004:157, Menni 2004:71 (scritto idellus), Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:50. Località tipo: fiumi della Cina. Tipo: nessuno.

Ctenopharyngodon idellus (Valenciennes, 1844). In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 17 362. Sinonimo senior, nuova combinazione, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Ctenopharingodon idella (Valenciennes, 1844). In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 17 362. Errore ortografico, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Leuciscus idellus Valenciennes, 1844. In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. v. 17 362. Errore ortografico, nomenclatura ICZN non valida.

Leuciscus tschiliensis Basilewsky, 1855. Ichthyographia Chinae Borealis. Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou v. 10: 215-263, Pls. 1-9. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Ctenopharyngodon idellus (Valenciennes 1844), secondo Yang & Hwang 1964:13, Luo in Chen et al. 1998:103. Sinonimo di Ctenophrayngodon idella (Valenciennes 1844), secondo Bíró 1999:305, Kottelat 2006:29, Bogutskaya et al. 2008:335. Località tipo: Tschili, Manchuria, Cina. Tipo: nessuno.

Ctenopharyngodon laticeps Steindachner, 1866. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-septième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Historie naturelle des poissons. v. 17: i-xxiii + 1-497 + 2 pp., Pls. 487-519. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Ctenopharyngodon idella [per alcuni autori scritto "idellus"] (Valenciennes 1844), secondo Berg 1949:597, Yang & Hwang 1964:13, Bogutskaya 1998:89, Luo in Chen et al. 1998:103, Bíró 1999:305. Località tipo: Hong Kong, Cina. Tipo: olotipo al Naturhistorisches Museum di Vienna, Austria, n° 79745.

Sarcocheilichthys teretiusculus Kner, 1867. Fische. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857-1859, unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbain. Wien. Zool. Theil. Fische. Reise der öesterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857-59, ... v. 1 (pt 3): 275-433, Pls. 12-16. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Ctenopharyngodon idella [per alcuni autori scritto "idellus"] (Valenciennes 1844), secondo Yang & Hwang 1964:13, Luo in Chen et al. 1998:103, Bíró 1999:305 c(scritto idella). Località tipo: Shanghai, Cina. Tipo: nessuno.

Pristiodon siemionovii Dybowski, 1877. Fishes of the Amur water system. Izvestiya Zapadno-Sibirskogo otdiela Imperatorskago russkago geograpficheskago obshchestva v. 8 (nos. 1-2): 1-29; v. 8 (n° 1 - 2) 26. Sinonimo junior, combinazione originale, nomenclatura ICZN non valida. Opinioni - Sinonimo di Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes 1844), secondo Berg 1949:598, Bogutskaya & Naseka 1996:44, Bogutskaya 1998:89, Bíró 1999:305, Kottelat 2006:29, Bogutskaya et al. 2008:335. Località tipo: fiumi Amur, Ussuri e Sungacha, Lago Khanka e fiume Sungari, Russia. Tipo: nessuno. Sintipi: sono citati molti sintipi ma attualmente la loro collocazione è ignota.

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