Cirrhinus
| Cirrhinus | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Cirrhinus cirrhosus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Cypriniformes | 
| Family: | Cyprinidae | 
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae | 
| Genus: | Cirrhinus Oken, 1817 | 
| Species | |
| 11 | |
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]
Species
There are about 11 species in the genus.[1]
- Cirrhinus caudimaculatus (Fowler, 1934)
- Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795) (mrigal carp)
- Cirrhinus fulungee (Sykes, 1839) (Deccan white carp)
- Cirrhinus inornatus Roberts, 1997
- Cirrhinus jullieni Sauvage, 1878
- Cirrhinus macrops Steindachner, 1870 (hora white carp)
- Cirrhinus microlepis Sauvage, 1878 (small-scale mud carp)
- Cirrhinus molitorella (Valenciennes, 1844) syn. C. jullieni (mud carp)
- Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton, 1822)
- Cirrhinus reba (Hamilton, 1822) (reba carp)
- Cirrhinus rubirostris Roberts, 1997
References
- 1 2 Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Cirrhinus species list. FishBase. 2011.
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