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Black Amur

Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson, 1846)

Status not recordedbony fish

The black amur (Mylopharyngodon piceus) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the black amur

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black amur live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the black amur as introduced in 25 countries, and flagged as invasive in 3 of them.

  1. Hungaryinvasive
  2. Mexicoinvasive
  3. Panamainvasive
  4. Albania
  5. Austria
  6. Bangladesh
  7. Belarus
  8. Bulgaria
  9. Cuba
  10. Czechia
  11. Egypt
  12. India
  13. Iran
  14. Japan
  15. Kazakhstan
  16. Latvia
  17. Moldova
  18. Montenegro
  19. Morocco
  20. Russia
  21. Slovenia
  22. Turkmenistan
  23. Ukraine
  24. United States
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  1. Vietnam

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the black amur endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the black amur classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusMylopharyngodon
  7. SpeciesMylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson, 1846)

Synonyms Barbus tonkinensis, Leucisculus fuscus, Leuciscus aethiops, Leuciscus dubius, Leuciscus piceus, Myloleuciscus aethiops, Myloleuciscus aetriops, Myloleuciscus atripinnis, Myloleucus aethiops, Mylopharyngodon aethiops, Mylopharyngodon pisceus

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • Black carpEnglish
  • Black Chinese roachEnglish
  • Chinese black carpEnglish
  • Chinese roachEnglish
  • Snail carpEnglish
  • কালো কার্পBangla
  • amur černýCzech
  • SortkarpeDanish
  • Schwarzer AmurGerman
  • Carpa negraSpanish
  • musta-amuriFinnish
  • Carpe noireFrench
  • アオウオJapanese
  • 검은잉어Korean
  • Melnais amūrsLatvian
  • Kap hitamMalay
  • Zwarte carperDutch
  • Carpa-negraPortuguese
  • амур черныйRussian
  • Амур чорнийUkrainian
  • Cá Trắm đenVietnamese
  • 乌鰡Chinese
  • Schwarzer ArmurGerman
  • черный амурRussian
  • 烏鰡Chinese
  • 青魚Chinese
  • 青鱼Chinese
  • 黑鯪Chinese
  • 黑鰡Chinese
  • 黑鰱Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the black amur

Other species in the same family Cyprinidae.

LC, Least Concern
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)

Goldfish

Carassius auratus

Cyprinidae

LC, Least Concern
Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)

Grass carp

Ctenopharyngodon idella

Cyprinidae

LC, Least Concern
Common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)

Common rudd

Scardinius erythrophthalmus

Cyprinidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the black amur an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the black amur as invasive in 3 countries: Hungary, Mexico and Panama. It lists it as introduced in 25 in all.

What kind of animal is the black amur?

The black amur (Mylopharyngodon piceus) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Black Amur (Mylopharyngodon piceus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-amur

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BibTeX
@misc{black_amur_2026,
  title = {Black Amur (Mylopharyngodon piceus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-amur},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}