Cirrhinus
Cirrhinus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. Members of this genus are native to freshwater in South Asia, Indochina and southern China.[1]
| Cirrhinus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Cirrhinus Oken, 1817 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795 | |
| Species | |
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10 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Species
There are about 10 species in the genus.[1]
- Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795) (mrigal carp)
- Cirrhinus fulungee (Sykes, 1839) (Deccan white carp)
- Cirrhinus jullieni Sauvage, 1878
- Cirrhinus macrops Steindachner, 1870 (hora white carp)
- Cirrhinus microlepis Sauvage, 1878 (smallscale mud carp)
- Cirrhinus molitorella (Valenciennes, 1844) (mud carp)
- Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton, 1822)
- Cirrhinus reba (Hamilton, 1822) (reba carp)
- Cirrhinus rubirostris Roberts, 1997
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