white amur

English

Grass carp (white amur)

Etymology

Partial calque of Russian бе́лый аму́р (bélyj amúr) for the same fish, as also sometimes black amur has been used for чёрный аму́р (čórnyj amúr, “Mylopharyngodon piceus”).

Noun

white amur (plural white amurs)

1. A freshwater fish species of the family Cyprinidae (Ctenopharyngodon idella), the grass carp, native to Asia from Vietnam to the Amur River.

Further reading

• Grass carp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ctenopharyngodon idella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies