see text Hypophthalmichthys is a genus of large freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Xenocyprididae, the East Asian minnows or sharpbellies.

[3] The reason is that stakeholders, such as fisheries, recreationists, and the fishing industry can be impacted economically and potentially decrease biodiversity or even extinction of these or other species.

Environmental DNA has been used to monitor these species and look for positive eDNA detections and the presence of live organisms.

[4] The genus is also known as Bighead carp, though that term is also used for individual species, particularly Hypophthalmichthys nobilis.

The Russian language has a special word for the genus - tolstolób(ik) (literally thickforehead).