First observed: 1960 ** (Plikss, Aleksejevs 1998)
Taxon: Pisces
Origin: Asia, Siberia (inland waters)
Vector of introduction: stocking
Distribution in the Baltic Sea: Gulf of Riga
Species status: status unknown
Salinity in native habitats: Limnetic (Cremer, Smitherman 1980)
Salinity in the Baltic Sea: - (Winkler et al. 2000; Kullander 1999)
Ecofunctional group: fish planktivorous
Ecological impact: benthic-pelagic interaction (Zdanowski et al. 1999), competition (Schrank 1999)
Impact on uses/resources: -References:
Cremer M. C., Smitherman R.O. 1980. Food habits and growth of silver and bighead carp in cages and ponds. Aquaculture, 20: 57-64.
Kullander S.O., 1999. Swedish fishes: checklist of Swedish fishes. In: Ichthyology Section of Swedish Museum of Natural History (http://www.nrm.se/ve/pisces/allfish.shtml.en). Accessed 23/02/2006
Plikss M., Aleksejevs E. 1998. Zivis (Fish). Riga, Gandrs: pp.304 (In Latvian)
Schrank S.J. 1999. Bighead Carp Threatens Missouri River Fisheries. ANS Digest, 3(3): 25-36.
Winkler H.M., Skora K., Repecka R., Ploks M., Neelov A., Urho L., Gushin A. and Jespersen H. 2000. Checklist and status of fish species in the Baltic Sea. ICES CM 2000/Mini: 11, 15 p.
Zdanowski B., Hutorowicz A., Tunowski J., Swiatecki A., Olejnik G., Krzywosz T., Bialokoz W., Chybowski L., Krzywosz W., Blocka B., Hutorowicz J., Robak A., Prusik S., Koprowska L. 1999. Ecological effects of long-term pressure of phytophagous and seston-feeding fish on the structure and functioning of the shallow Lake Warniak (Mazurian Lakeland, Poland). Acta Hydrobiologica (Cracow), 41: 29-47.
More information:
Aristichthys nobilis. In: FishBase
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