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APPENDIX XVII: SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF AQUACULTURED SPECIES REFERRED TO IN THIS MANUAL

Ayu


 

Plecoglossus altivelis

Carp, Common

Cyprinus carpio

Carps, 'Chinese':

 

Bighead

Aristichythys nobilis

Black

Mylopharyngodon piceus

Grass

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Mud

Cirrhina molitorella

Silver

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

Carps, 'Indian':


 

Catla

Catla catla

Mrigal

Cirrhinus mrigala

Rohu

Labeo rohita

Catfish:


 

African

Clarias macrocephalus

Brackishwater

Clarias gariepinus
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus

Channel

Ictalurus punctatus

Common
(Danubian Wels; Sheatfish)

Siluris glanis

Walking

Clarias batrachus

Colossoma


Colossoma spp.

Eel


Anguilla spp.

Grouper


Epinephalus spp.

Milkfish


Chanos chanos

Pacu


Prochilodus spp.

Prawns, Freshwater:


Giant River Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Rabbit Fish


Siganus spp.

Salmon, Atlantic


Salmo salar

Salmon, Chum Pacific:


 

Chinook

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chum

Oncorhynchus keta

Coho

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Seabass, European


Dicentrarchus labrax

Seabass
(Giant Sea Perch)


Lates calcarifer

Sea Bream, Giltlead


Sparus auratus

Sea Bream, Red


Chrysophrys (Sparus) major

Shrimp, Marine:


 

Banana Prawn

Penaeus merguiensis

Giant Tiger Prawn

Penaeus monodon

Kuruma Shrimp

Penaeus japonicus

Northern White Shrimp

Penaeus setiferus

Snakehead


Ophicephalus spp.

Snapper


Lutjanus spp.

Tambaqui


Colossoma spp.

Tilapia 1/:

 


Blue

Tilapia discolor Tilapia aurea

Java

Tilapia mossambica

Trout, Rainbow 2/

Nile

Tilapia nilotica
Salmo gairdneri

Yellowtail


Seriola quinqueradiata

1/All tilapia have been referred to as Tilapia spp. The disputed scientific terms Sarotherodon spp. and Oreochromis spp. have not been used.

2/The trout species normally aquacultured, for which feeds are formulated.


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