Largescale silver carp

Largescale silver carp
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei
Family:	Xenocyprididae
Genus:	Hypophthalmichthys
Species:	H. harmandi
Binomial name
Hypophthalmichthys harmandi Sauvage, 1884 [2]
Synonyms
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix harmandiMai, 1978 [1]

The largescale silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys harmandi) is a freshwater fish in the carp family Cyprinidae. It is native to Hainan and Vietnam. ^{[3] [2]}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of François-Jules Harmand, a French Navy Surgeon, naturalist and explorer of Indochina, who was the one who collected holotype. ^[4]

References

1. Huckstorf, V.; Thinh, D.V.; Van, N.S.; Nguyen, T.H.T. (2012). "Hypophthalmichthys harmandi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T166886A1147381. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166886A1147381.en .
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hypophthalmichthys harmandi". FishBase .
3. Liu, J., 1991. Hypophthalmichthyinae. p. 234-239. In J.-H. Pan, L. Zhong, C.-Y. Zheng, H.-L. Wu and J.-H. Liu (eds). 1991. The freshwater fishes of Guangdong Province. Guangdong Science and Technology Press, Guangzhou. 589 p.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family XENOCYPRIDIDAE Günther 1868 (Sharpbellies)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 September 2025.