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Silver Carp Photo Gallery

By Columbia Environmental Research Center

Photos of Silver Carp

photo of Bighead Carp and Silver Carp
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Comparison of juvenile Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis and Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

 

photo of silver carp
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Juvenile Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix greater than 200 millimeters total length

 

photo of invasive carps
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Comparison of juvenile Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (top left), Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (top right), Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (bottom left), and Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus (bottom right) of about 200 millimeters total length.

 

picture of bighead and silver carp
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Comparison of juvenile Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (top) and Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (bottom) of about 150–200 millimeters total length.

 

photo of invasive carps
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Comparison of juvenile Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (top left), Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella (top right), Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (bottom left), and Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus (bottom right) of about 80–100 millimeters total length

 

picture of a silver carp
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Juvenile Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix of about 70 millimeters total length.

 

photo of a silver and bighead carps
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Comparison of Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis (top) and Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (bottom) of about 80–110 millimeters total length.

 

picture of silver carps
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Three sizes of juvenile Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix.