Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Cuvier Valenciennes)

 

Taxonomic position

Pisces: Cyprinidae

Year of introduction

1959

Sources

China via Hong Kong, Japan

Target pest

Various aquatic weeds and algae

Present status

Established

References

1. Rao, V.P., Ghani, A.M., Sankaran, T. and Mathur, K.C. 1971. A review of the biological control of insects and other pests in South East Asia and the Pacific region. Commonwealth Institute of Biological  Control Technical Communication (6), 149 p., CAB, Slough, UK.

2. Julien, M.H. 1992. Biological control of weeds - A world catalogue of agents and their target weeds. CAB International, Wallingford, U.K, 186 p.

3. Philipose, M.T. 1976. Fifty years of aquatic weed control in India. In: Aquatic Weeds in South EastAsia. Varshney, C.K.; Rzoka, 1. (Eds) The Hague, W. Junk, pp. 215-223.