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Cyprinidae is a family of
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commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the
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s and
barbel Barbel may refer to: *Barbel (anatomy), a whisker-like organ near the mouth found in some fish (notably catfish, loaches and cyprinids) and turtles *Barbel (fish), a common name for certain species of fish **'' Barbus barbus'', a species of cyprini ...
s. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest vertebrate animal family in general with about 3,000
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
, of which only 1,270 remain extant, divided into about 370 genera. Cyprinids range from about 12 mm in size to the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''). By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the
ostariophysi Ostariophysi is the second-largest superorder of fish. Members of this superorder are called ostariophysians. This diverse group contains 10,758 species, about 28% of known fish species in the world and 68% of freshwater species, and are present ...
an order
Cypriniformes Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, including the carps, minnows, loaches, and relatives. Cypriniformes is an Order within the Superorder Ostariophysi consisting of " Carp-like" Ostariophysins. This order contains 11-12 famil ...
. The family name is derived from the Greek word ( 'carp').


Biology and ecology

Cyprinids are stomachless fish with toothless jaws. Even so, food can be effectively chewed by the gill rakers of the specialized last gill bow. These pharyngeal teeth allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a bony process of the skull. The pharyngeal teeth are unique to each species and are used by scientists to identify species. Strong pharyngeal teeth allow fish such as the
common carp The Eurasian carp or European carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), widely known as the common carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.Fishbase''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758/ref>Arkive The ...
and ide to eat hard baits such as snails and
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. Hearing is a well-developed sense in the cyprinids since they have the
Weberian organ The Weberian apparatus is an anatomical structure that connects the swim bladder to the auditory system in fishes belonging to the superorder Ostariophysi. When it is fully developed in adult fish, the elements of the apparatus are sometimes col ...
, three specialized vertebral processes that transfer motion of the gas bladder to the inner ear. The vertebral processes of the Weberian organ also permit a cyprinid to detect changes in motion of the gas bladder due to atmospheric conditions or depth changes. The cyprinids are considered
physostome Physostomes are fishes that have a pneumatic duct connecting the gas bladder to the alimentary canal. This allows the gas bladder to be filled or emptied via the mouth. This not only allows the fish to fill their bladder by gulping air, but also t ...
s because the pneumatic duct is retained in adult stages and the fish are able to gulp air to fill the gas bladder, or they can dispose of excess gas to the gut. Cyprinids are native to North America,
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, and Eurasia. The largest known cyprinid is the giant barb (''Catlocarpio siamensis''), which may grow up to in length and in weight. Other very large species that can surpass are the
golden mahseer ''Tor putitora'', the Putitor mahseer, Himalayan mahseer, or golden mahseer, is an endangered species of cyprinid fish that is found in rapid streams, riverine pools, and lakes in the Himalayan region. Its native range is within the basins of th ...
(''Tor putitora'') and mangar (''Luciobarbus esocinus''). The largest North American species is the
Colorado pikeminnow The Colorado pikeminnow (''Ptychocheilus lucius'', formerly squawfish) is the largest cyprinid fish of North America and one of the largest in the world, with reports of individuals up to 6 ft (1.8 m) long and weighing over 100 po ...
(''Ptychocheilus lucius''), which can reach up to in length. Conversely, many species are smaller than . The smallest known fish is ''
Paedocypris progenetica ''Paedocypris progenetica'' is a species of tiny cyprinid fish endemic to the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Bintan where it is found in peat swamps and blackwater streams. It was discovered by Singaporean ichthyologist Heok Hui Tan. He has ...
'', reaching at the longest. All fish in this family are egg-layers and most do not guard their eggs; however, a few species build nests and/or guard the eggs. The bitterlings of subfamily
Acheilognathinae The bitterling-like cyprinids form the cyprinid subfamily Acheilognathinae. This subfamily contains four genera, although the Khanka spiny bitterling is often placed in '' Acheilognathus'', and at least 71 described species to date. Over half of ...
are notable for depositing their eggs in bivalve
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, where the young develop until able to fend for themselves. Cyprinids contain the first and only known example of androgenesis in a vertebrate, in the
Squalius alburnoides ''Squalius alburnoides'' is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are rivers and intermittent rivers. It may be threatened by habitat loss. This species is a highly peculiar fish in r ...
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complex. Most cyprinids feed mainly on
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and vegetation, probably due to the lack of teeth and stomach; however, some species, like the asp, are predators that specialize in fish. Many species, such as the ide and the common rudd, prey on small fish when individuals become large enough. Even small species, such as the
moderlieschen ''Leucaspius delineatus'', known as the sunbleak, belica or moderlieschen is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is currently the only species included in genus ''Leucaspius'', whereas formerly others were included, which no ...
, are opportunistic predators that will eat larvae of the
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in artificial circumstances. Some cyprinids, such as the grass carp, are specialized herbivores; others, such as the
common nase The common nase (''Chondrostoma nasus'') is a European potamodromous cyprinid fish. It is often simply called the nase, but that can refer to any species of its genus ''Chondrostoma''. Another name is sneep. Distribution The nase is found natur ...
, eat algae and
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s, while others, such as the
black carp The black carp (''Mylopharyngodon piceus'') or Chinese black roach is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish and the sole extant species of the genus '' Mylopharyngodon''. It is native to lakes and rivers in East Asia, ranging from the Amur Basin ...
, specialize in snails, and some, such as the
silver carp The silver carp (''Hypophthalmichthys molitrix'') is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to China and eastern Siberia, from the Amur River drainage in the north to the Xi Jiang River drainage in the south. Alt ...
, are specialized
filter feeders Filter feeders are a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure. Some animals that use this method of feedin ...
. For this reason, cyprinids are often introduced as a management tool to control various factors in the aquatic environment, such as aquatic vegetation and diseases transmitted by snails. Unlike most fish species, cyprinids generally increase in abundance in eutrophic lakes. Here, they contribute towards positive feedback as they are efficient at eating the
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that would otherwise graze on the algae, reducing its abundance.


Relationship with humans


Food

Cyprinids are highly important food fish; they are fished and
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across Eurasia. In land-locked countries in particular, cyprinids are often the major species of fish eaten because they make the largest part of biomass in most water types except for fast-flowing rivers. In Eastern Europe, they are often prepared with traditional methods such as drying and salting. The prevalence of inexpensive frozen fish products made this less important now than it was in earlier times. Nonetheless, in certain places, they remain popular for food, as well as
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, for ornamental use, and have been deliberately stocked in ponds and lakes for centuries for this reason.


Sport

Cyprinids are popular for angling especially for
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(due to their dominance in biomass and numbers) and fishing for common carp because of its size and strength.


As pest control

Several cyprinids have been introduced to waters outside their natural ranges to provide food, sport, or biological control for some pest species. The common carp (''Cyprinus carpio'') and the grass carp (''Ctenopharyngodon idella'') are the most important of these, for example in Florida.


As a pest species

Carp in particular can stir up sediment, reducing the clarity of the water and making plant growth difficult. In America and Australia, such as the Asian carp in the
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, they have become invasive species that compete with native fishes or disrupt the environment. ''Cyprinus carpio'' is a major pest species in Australia impacting freshwater environments, amenity, and the agricultural economy, devastating
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by decimating native fish populations where they first became established as a major pest in the wild in the 1960s. In the major river system of eastern Australia, the Murray-Darling Basin, they constitute 80-90 per cent of fish biomass. In 2016 the federal government announced A$15.2 million to fund the National Carp Control Plan to investigate using
Cyprinid herpesvirus 3 ''Cyprinid herpesvirus 3'' (also CyHV-3, koi herpes virus or KHV) is a species of virus causing a viral disease that is very contagious to the common carp ''Cyprinus carpio''. Pathology It is most commonly found in ornamental koi, which are oft ...
(carp virus) as a biological control agent while minimising impacts on industry and environment should a carp virus release go ahead. Despite initial, favourable assessment, in 2020 this plan was found to be unlikely to work due to the high fecundity of the fish.


Aquarium fish

Numerous cyprinids have become important in the aquarium and fishpond hobbies, most famously the goldfish, which was bred in China from the
Prussian carp The Prussian carp, silver Prussian carp or Gibel carp (''Carassius gibelio''), is a member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes many other fish, such as the common carp, goldfish, and the smaller minnows. It is a medium-sized cyprinid, and d ...
(''Carassius (auratus) gibelio''). First imported into Europe around 1728, it was much fancied by Chinese nobility as early as 1150AD and after it arrived there in 1502, also in Japan. In the latter country, from the 18th century onwards, the common carp was bred into the ornamental variety known as
koi or more specifically , are colored varieties of the Amur carp (''Cyprinus rubrofuscus'') that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens. Koi is an informal name for the colored variants of ''C. rubrofuscus'' kept ...
– or more accurately , as simply means "common carp" in
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. Other popular aquarium cyprinids include
danionin The danionins are a group of small, minnow-type fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. Members of this group are mostly in the genera '' Danio'', ''Devario'', and ''Rasbora''._They_are_primarily_native_to_the_s_...''._They_are_primarily_native_ ...
s, rasborines, and true barbs. Larger species are bred by the thousands in outdoor ponds, particularly in Southeast Asia, and trade in these aquarium fishes is of considerable commercial importance. The small rasborines and danionines are perhaps only rivalled by
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s and poecilid livebearers in their popularity for community aquaria. One particular species of these small and undemanding danionines is the
zebrafish The zebrafish (''Danio rerio'') is a freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae) of the order Cypriniformes. Native to South Asia, it is a popular aquarium fish, frequently sold under the trade name zebra danio (and thus often ...
(''Danio rerio''). It has become the standard
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for studying developmental genetics of vertebrates, in particular fish.


Threatened families

Habitat destruction and other causes have reduced the wild stocks of several cyprinids to dangerously low levels; some are already entirely extinct. In particular, the cyprinids of the subfamily Leuciscinae from southwestern North America have been hit hard by pollution and unsustainable water use in the early to mid-20th century; most globally extinct
cypriniform Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, including the carps, minnows, loaches, and relatives. Cypriniformes is an Order within the Superorder Ostariophysi consisting of " Carp-like" Ostariophysins. This order contains 11-12 familie ...
species are in fact leuciscinid cyprinids from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.


Systematics

The massive diversity of cyprinids has so far made it difficult to resolve their phylogeny in sufficient detail to make assignment to subfamilies more than tentative in many cases. Some distinct lineages obviously exist – for example, the
Cultrinae The Cultrinae are one of at least 13 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains ten genera. Recognized genera * '' Anabarilius'' (21 species) * '' Ancherythroculter'' (5 species) * '' Chanodichthys'' (5 species) * '' Culter'' (4 species) * '' Cu ...
and Leuciscinae, regardless of their exact delimitation, are rather close relatives and stand apart from
Cyprininae The Cyprininae are one of at least 11 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains three genera in its strictest definition but many more are included depending on which authority is defining it, especially if the Labeobarbinae is not considered ...
but the overall systematics and taxonomy of the Cyprinidae remain a subject of considerable debate. A large number of genera are ''
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'', too equivocal in their traits and/or too little-studied to permit assignment to a particular subfamily with any certainty. Part of the solution seems that the delicate rasborines are the core group, consisting of minor lineages that have not shifted far from their evolutionary niche, or have
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for millions of years. These are among the most basal lineages of living cyprinids. Other "rasborines" are apparently distributed across the diverse lineages of the family. The validity and circumscription of proposed subfamilies like the
Labeoninae Labeoninae is a doubtfully distinct subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. They inhabit fresh water and the largest species richness is in the region around southern China, but there are also species el ...
or
Squaliobarbinae Squaliobarbinae is a small subfamily of the carp and minnow family, Cyprinidae, which consists of three monotypic genera which have their natural distributions in eastern Asia. Two species, the grass carp (''Ctenopharyngodon idella'') and the bl ...
also remain doubtful, although the latter do appear to correspond to a distinct lineage. The sometimes-seen grouping of the
large-headed carp The bighead carp (''Hypophthalmichthys nobilis'') is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish native to East Asia, and is one of several Asian carps introduced into North America. It is one of the most intensively exploited fishes in fish farming, ...
s ( Hypophthalmichthyinae) with ''
Xenocypris ''Xenocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven species in this genus, one, ''X. yushensis'', being known only from fossils, and one, ''X. yunnanensis'', which is critically endangered or recently exti ...
'', though, seems quite in error. More likely, the latter are part of the Cultrinae. The entirely paraphyletic "Barbinae" and the disputed Labeoninae might be better treated as part of the Cyprininae, forming a close-knit group whose internal relationships are still little known. The small African "
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Barbus ''Barbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of ''Barbus'' is the common barbel, first described as ''Cyprinus barbus'' and now named ''Barbus barbus''. ''Barbus'' is the namesake genus of the subfamily Ba ...
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'' – indeed, they are as distant from the typical
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s and the
typical carp ''Cyprinus'' is the genus of typical carps in family Cyprinidae. Most species in the genus are of East Asia origin with only the common carp (''C. carpio'') in Western Asia and Europe; this invasive species has also been introduced to many othe ...
s (''Cyprinus'') as these are from ''
Garra ''Garra'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. These fish are one example of the " log suckers", sucker-mouthed barbs and other cyprinids commonly kept in aquaria to keep down algae. The doctor fish of Anatolia and the Middle East be ...
'' (which is placed in the Labeoninae by most who accept the latter as distinct) and thus might form another as yet unnamed subfamily. However, as noted above, how various minor lineages tie into this has not yet been resolved; therefore, such a radical move, though reasonable, is probably premature. The
tench The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is ...
(''Tinca tinca''), a significant food species farmed in western Eurasia in large numbers, is unusual. It is most often grouped with the Leuciscinae, but even when these were rather loosely circumscribed, it always stood apart. A
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intron1 supports the view that it is distinct enough to constitute a monotypic subfamily. It also suggests it may be closer to the small East Asian ''
Aphyocypris ''Aphyocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes consisting of eight species, all of which are restricted to East Asia. Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * '' Aphyocypris amnis'' T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & H. ...
'', '' Hemigrammocypris'', and ''
Yaoshanicus ''Aphyocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes consisting of eight species, all of which are restricted to East Asia. Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * '' Aphyocypris amnis'' T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & H. ...
''. They would have diverged roughly at the same time from cyprinids of east-central Asia, perhaps as a result of the Alpide orogeny that vastly changed the topography of that region in the late Paleogene, when their divergence presumably occurred. A DNA-based analysis of these fish places the Rasborinae as the basal lineage with the Cyprininae as a sister clade to the Leuciscinae. The subfamilies
Acheilognathinae The bitterling-like cyprinids form the cyprinid subfamily Acheilognathinae. This subfamily contains four genera, although the Khanka spiny bitterling is often placed in '' Acheilognathus'', and at least 71 described species to date. Over half of ...
, Gobioninae, and Leuciscinae are monophyletic.


Subfamilies and genera

The 5th Edition of Fishes of the World sets out the following subfamilies:


Subfamily

Acheilognathinae The bitterling-like cyprinids form the cyprinid subfamily Acheilognathinae. This subfamily contains four genera, although the Khanka spiny bitterling is often placed in '' Acheilognathus'', and at least 71 described species to date. Over half of ...

* ''
Acanthorhodeus The Khanka spiny bitterling (''Acanthorhodeus chankaensis'') is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae subfamily of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in the inland rivers in Asia, and is found in China, Korea, and Russ ...
'' (Khanka spiny bitterling) * ''
Acheilognathus ''Acheilognathus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish native to Asia. The name is derived from the Greek ''a'', meaning "without", the Greek ''cheilos'', meaning "lip", and the Greek ''gnathos'', meaning "jaw". Morphology Fishes of this genus have l ...
'' (bitterlings) * ''
Rhodeus ''Rhodeus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 23 species called bitterlings. The scientific name is derived from the Greek word ', meaning "rose". Most species in the genus are restricted to Asia, but two species are found in Europe ( ...
'' (bitterlings) * '' Tanakia'' (bitterlings)


Subfamily

Alburninae Alburninae is a small subfamily of the carp and minnow family of ray-finned fish, the Cyprinidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously considered to be part of the Leuciscinae, but if the three Alburninae genera are included in that subfa ...

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Alburnoides ''Alburnoides'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes native to Europe and Asia. Many species are known as riffle minnows or spirlins. Species There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus: * '' Alburnoides bipunctatus'' ( Bloch, 1782) * '' Al ...
'' * ''
Alburnus ''Alburnus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks. A group of species in the genus is known as shemayas. The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm, and the center of diversit ...
'' (bleaks) * ''
Aspiolucius ''Aspiolucius esocinus'' or the pike asp is a species of cyprinid fish native to rivers, such as Amu Darya and Syr Darya, and occasionally lakes in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, where it was a common fish until 1980s. Afte ...
'' (pike asp) * ''
Metzia ''Metzia'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University. Species There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus: * '' Me ...
''


Subfamily

Barbinae Barbinae are a subfamily of fish included in the family Cyprinidae. The taxonomy for this group has not been entirely worked out as some genera historically considered within it are still considered incertae sedis with respect to being a member o ...

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Acrossocheilus ''Acrossocheilus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae, native to freshwater in China, Taiwan, Laos, and Vietnam. They are fairly small, no more than in standard length. Species There are currently 26 recognized species of ...
'' * '' Anchicyclocheilus'' * '' Aulopyge'' (Dalmatian barbelgudgeon) * ''
Balantiocheilos ''Balantiocheilos'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish from southeast Asia. It includes two species. Species *'' Balantiocheilos ambusticauda'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2007 (Burnt tail fish) *'' Balantiocheilos melanopterus'' ( Bleeker, 1851) (T ...
'' * ''
Barbus ''Barbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of ''Barbus'' is the common barbel, first described as ''Cyprinus barbus'' and now named ''Barbus barbus''. ''Barbus'' is the namesake genus of the subfamily Ba ...
'' (typical barbels and barbs) * ''
Carasobarbus ''Carasobarbus'', the himris, is a small genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are found in rivers, streams, lakes and ponds in Western Asia and Northwest Africa. ''C. canis'' can reach in total length, but most other ...
'' * ''
Clypeobarbus ''Clypeobarbus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fishes native to Africa. Most species are restricted to the Congo River Basin, but ''C. pleuropholis'' is also found in the Chad Basin, while ''C. bellcrossi'' is from the Zambezi and ''C. hypsolepis' ...
'' * ''
Dawkinsia ''Dawkinsia'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was split off from genus ''Puntius'' in 2012. Etymology ''Dawkinsia'' is named after the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in recognition of his ...
'' * ''
Desmopuntius ''Desmopuntius'' is a genus of small freshwater cyprinids native to Southeast Asia. They were formerly included in ''Puntius''. Etymology The name ''Desmopuntius'' is derived from the Greek language δεσμψτης ("desmotes") meaning 'priso ...
'' * ''
Diptychus ''Diptychus'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish, consisting of two species found in Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau of China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, ranging west to the Tien Shan Mountains and Central Asia.Li, G.; Y. Tang; R. Zhang; and ...
'' * '' Enteromius'' * '' Haludaria'' * '' Hsianwenia'' * ''
Kalimantania ''Kalimantania lawak'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Indonesia occurring on the islands of Borneo and Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Oce ...
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Luciobarbus ''Luciobarbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are found in fresh and brackish waters of southern Europe, northern Africa, the wider Near East, the Aral and Caspian Seas, and rivers associated with these. Se ...
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Mesopotamichthys The binni (''Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Tigris–Euphrates Basin in the Middle East. This fish mostly inhabits lakes and marshes, especially in densely vegetated places where it also lays its eggs, b ...
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Neobarynotus ''Neobarynotus microlepis'' is a species of cyprinid fish found is Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United N ...
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Oliotius The checker barb (''Oliotius oligolepis'')Kottelat, M. (2013)The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zool ...
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Oreichthys ''Oreichthys'' is a genus of tropical barbs found in Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), northern Malay Peninsula, and the Mekong basin in Laos. They are found in ditches, ponds, streams (both highland and lowland) and canals.Rahman, ...
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Pethia ''Pethia'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia, East Asia (only Pethia stoliczkana recorded) and Mainland Southeast Asia. Some species are commonly seen in the aquarium trade. The name ''Pethia'' i ...
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Pseudobarbus ''Pseudobarbus'' is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae. The type species is Burchell's redfin (''P. burchelli''). The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek ''pseudes'' ("false") and the Latin word ''barbus'' ("beard", ...
'' (redfins) * '' Puntigrus'' * ''
Puntius ''Puntius'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia, as well as Taiwan. Many species formerly placed in ''Puntius'' have been moved to other genera such as '' Barbodes'', ' ...
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Sahyadria ''Sahyadria'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes native to India where they are endemic to rivers and streams in the Western Ghats. They were formerly included in ''Puntius''. The largest ''Sahyadria'' measure total length Fish measurement is the ...
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Schizopyge ''Schizopyge'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in Pakistan and the northwestern part of India. ''Schizopyge'' is closely related to ''Schizothorax ''Schizothorax'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern and western China, t ...
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Schizothorax ''Schizothorax'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern and western China, through northern South Asia (Himalaya) and Central Asia, to Iran, with a single species, ''S. prophylax'', in Turkey.Yang, J.; J.X. Yang; and X.Y. Chen (2012). A re ...
'' (snowtrouts) * ''
Sinocyclocheilus ''Sinocyclocheilus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to China, where only found in Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan.Ma, L.; and Y.-H. Zhao (2012). Cavefish of China. Pp. 107—125 in: White, W.B.; and D.C. Cuvier, editor ...
'' (golden-line fish) * '' Striuntius'' * ''
Systomus ''Systomus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to tropical Asia.Kottelat, M. (2013)The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and es ...
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Subfamily

Cultrinae The Cultrinae are one of at least 13 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains ten genera. Recognized genera * '' Anabarilius'' (21 species) * '' Ancherythroculter'' (5 species) * '' Chanodichthys'' (5 species) * '' Culter'' (4 species) * '' Cu ...

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Anabarilius ''Anabarilius'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, most of them only occurring in China. Many of the species have very restricted geographic range and have been negatively impacted by introduced species, fishing, and habitat ...
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Chanodichthys ''Chanodichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish, consisting of five species from eastern Asia (China, Mongolia, Russia and Vietnam). The name is derived from the Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greec ...
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Cultrichthys ''Cultrichthys compressocorpus'' is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is ...
'' * '' Hainania'' * ''
Hemiculter ''Hemiculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of eight species native to fresh water of eastern Asia (Siberia to Vietnam). The type species is the sharpbelly, ''Culter leucisculus''. The name is derived from the Greek word ''hemis'', m ...
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Ischikauia ''Ischikauia steenackeri'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is borde ...
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Megalobrama ''Megalobrama'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of six species native to fresh water in China and eastern Russia. The name is derived from the Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Sou ...
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Parabramis The white Amur bream (''Parabramis pekinensis'') is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish, of the monotypic genus ''Parabramis''. It is native to eastern Asia, where found from the Amur River basin in Russia south to Ningpo and Shanghai in Chin ...
'' (white Amur bream) * ''
Paralaubuca ''Paralaubuca'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern regio ...
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Pseudohemiculter ''Pseudohemiculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fish occurring in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which sha ...
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Pseudolaubuca ''Pseudolaubuca'' is a genus of cyprinid fish from eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the cont ...
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Sinibrama ''Sinibrama'' is a small genus of cyprinid fishes, the five currently recognized species distributed in south China, Taiwan, Laos, and Vietnam. These are silvery fishes with deep, laterally compressed bodies, large eyes, and terminal mouths. They ...
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Toxabramis ''Toxabramis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the c ...
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Subfamily

Cyprininae The Cyprininae are one of at least 11 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains three genera in its strictest definition but many more are included depending on which authority is defining it, especially if the Labeobarbinae is not considered ...

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Arabibarbus ''Arabibarbus'' is a genus of Cyprinidae. They are medium-small to very large freshwater carps found in the Western Asia.Borkenhagen, K. (2014): A new genus and species of cyprinid fish (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, an ...
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Barboides ''Barboides'' is a genus of very small ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae from freshwater habitats in West and Middle Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to differen ...
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Barbonymus ''Barbonymus'' is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae, containing some barb species. The genus was only established in 1999, with the tinfoil barb (''B. schwanenfeldii'') as type species; thus, these fish are sometimes collectively ...
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Capoeta ''Capoeta'', also known as scrapers, is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Western Asia. The distribution extends from Turkey to the Levant, to Transcaucasia, Iraq, Turkmenistan , in Armenia,particularly in lake Sevan and northern ...
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Carassioides ''Carassioides'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in East and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south ...
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Carassius ''Carassius ''is a genus in the ray-finned fish family Cyprinidae. Most species in this genus are commonly known as crucian carps, though this term often specifically refers to '' C. carassius''. The most well known is the goldfish (''C. auratus ...
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Cyprinus ''Cyprinus'' is the genus of typical carps in family Cyprinidae. Most species in the genus are of East Asia origin with only the common carp (''C. carpio'') in Western Asia and Europe; this invasive species has also been introduced to many othe ...
'' (typical carps) * ''
Eechathalakenda The Channa barb (''Eechathalakenda ophicephalus'') (formerly ''Puntius ophicephalus''), is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to India where it occurs in hill streams in forested areas. This species can reach a length of TL. This species is als ...
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Gymnocypris ''Gymnocypris'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to China. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gymnocypris chilianensis'' S. C. Li & S. Y. Chang, 1974 * '' Gymnocypris chui'' T. L. Tchang, ...
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Subfamily Danioninae

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Amblypharyngodon The carplets (''Amblypharyngodon'') are a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae. They are up to in total length and inhabit a wide range of slow-moving or stagnant freshwater habitats in South and Mainland Southeast Asia. Species There are 5 ...
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Aspidoparia ''Aspidoparia'' is a small genus of cyprinid fishes that are found in South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afg ...
'' * '' Barilius'' * ''
Betadevario ''Betadevario ramachandrani'' is a species of cyprinid fish that is found only in the upper Seetha River drainage in Karnataka, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-larg ...
'' * '' Boraras'' (rasboras) * '' Cabdio'' * ''
Chelaethiops ''Chelaethiops'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in lakes and rivers of Africa. While commonly called "sardines", they are not related to the true sardines of the family Clupeidae. There are currently five recognized species in this genus. ...
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Danio ''Danio'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae found in South and Southeast Asia, commonly kept in aquaria. They are generally characterised by a pattern of horizontal stripes, rows of spots or vertical bars. Some species ...
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Danionella ''Danionella'' is a genus of danionin fish found in freshwater habitats in Myanmar and West Bengal, India. It includes some of the smallest fishes. Distribution Four out of Five Described species of ''Danionella'' are found in Myanmar. ''D. tra ...
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Devario ''Devario'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to the rivers and streams of South and Southeast Asia. These fishes have short barbels and many species having vertical or horizontal stripes. These species consume various small ...
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Esomus ''Esomus'', or flying barbs, are freshwater fish native to South and Mainland Southeast Asia. They are closely related to the genus ''Danio'' and are distinctive for their extremely long barbels. Species * '' Esomus ahli'' Hora & Mukerji, 19 ...
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Engraulicypris ''Engraulicypris'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to Africa. In a study of mitochondrial genealogy, the species formerly included in ''Mesobola'' are not phylogenetically separated from ''Engraulicypris'' and therefore shoul ...
'' * '' Fangfangia'' * ''
Horadandia ''Horadandia'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish from South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Banglade ...
'' * '' Inlecypris'' * ''
Laubuka ''Laubuka'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in South and Southeast Asia. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * '' Laubuka brahmaputraensis'' Kulabtong, Suksri & Nonpayom, 2012 Kulabtong, S., Suksri, S. & Nonpayo ...
'' * '' Leptocypris'' * '' Luciosoma'' * ''
Malayochela ''Malayochela maassi'' Is a species of cyprinid fish found in Indonesia, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by ...
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Microdevario ''Microdevario'' is a small genus of danionin cyprinids. It was recently described to include species previously in the genus '' Microrasbora''. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera ''Danio'', ''Deva ...
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Microrasbora ''Microrasbora'' is a genus of small fishes. The generic name means "small Rasbora", however these are more closely related to the danios than rasboras. They inhabit freshwater in Myanmar and Yunnan, China. Taxonomy ''Microrasbora'', until rec ...
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Nematabramis ''Nematabramis'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish that occur in Borneo and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, R ...
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Neobola ''Neobola'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found mostly in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regio ...
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Opsaridium ''Opsaridium'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Africa. Currently, 12 species are in this genus. Species * '' Opsaridium boweni'' ( Fowler, 1930) * '' Opsaridium engrauloides'' ( Nichols, 1923) * '' Opsaridium leleupi'' ( Matthes, 1965) ...
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Opsarius Species * '' Opsarius barna'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (''Barilius barna'') * '' Opsarius barnoides'' Decio Vinciguerra, 1890 * '' Opsarius bernatziki'' Koumans, 1937 * '' Opsarius cocsa'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * '' Opsarius koratensis'' ( H. M. Smith, ...
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Paedocypris ''Paedocypris'' is a genus of tiny cyprinid fish found in swamps and streams on the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Bintan. ''Paedocypris progenetica'' has been claimed to be the one of smallest known species of fish in the world ...
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Pectenocypris ''Pectenocypris'' is a genus of small fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to freshwater habitats in Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the ...
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Raiamas ''Raiamas'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fishes. The majority of the species are from Africa, but ''R. bola'' and ''R. guttatus '' are from South and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and ...
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Rasbora ''Rasbora'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and akistan s_...
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Rastrineobola The silver cyprinid (''Rastrineobola argentea'') also known as the Lake Victoria sardine, mukene,and omena (native language), dagaa (swahili language) is a species of pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae from East Af ...
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Salmostoma The razorbelly minnows are a group of fish in the genus ''Salmostoma'' found in southern Asia. They have been placed in the genus ''Salmophasia'' but this is regarded as a junior synonym of ''Salmostoma''. Species There are currently 13 recogn ...
'' (razorbelly minnows) * '' Securicula'' * ''
Sundadanio ''Sundadanio'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater habitats, typically peat swamps and blackwater streams, in Borneo and Sumatra (as well as nearby smaller islands) in southeast Asia. At up to in standard length they are very small, b ...
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Subfamily Gobioninae

* '' Abbottina'' (false gudgeons) * ''
Belligobio ''Belligobio'' is a small genus of cyprinid fishes containing two recognized species endemic to China. The type species of ''Belligobio'' is ''Belligobio eristigma'', a synonym of '' Hemibarbus mylodon'', and this taxa is not currently classified ...
'' * '' Biwia'' * '' Coreius'' * ''
Coreoleuciscus ''Coreoleuciscus'' is a genus of fish from the cyprinid family endemic to rivers of the Korean peninsula Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with ...
'' * '' Gnathopogon'' * ''
Gobio ''Gobio'' is a genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm. Many species previously in ''Gob ...
'' (typical gudgeons) * '' Gobiobotia'' * ''
Gobiocypris ''Gobiocypris rarus'' is a freshwater species of cyprinid fish endemic to China where it is only found near Jiuxiang in Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; former ...
'' * '' Hemibarbus'' (steeds) * '' Huigobio'' * '' Ladislavia'' * '' Mesogobio'' * '' Microphysogobio'' * ''
Paracanthobrama ''Paracanthobrama guichenoti'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are ...
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Paraleucogobio ''Paraleucogobio notacanthus'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most pop ...
'' * '' Parasqualidus'' * '' Platysmacheilus'' * '' Pseudogobio'' * ''
Pseudopungtungia ''Pseudopungtungia'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Korea and China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populou ...
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Pseudorasbora ''Pseudorasbora'' is a genus of small freshwater fish native to eastern Asia, including China, Korea, Japan and Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, ...
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Pungtungia ''Pungtungia'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Eastern Asia. There are currently three described species in this genus. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Pungtungia herzi'' Herzenstein, 1892 * '' Pung ...
'' * '' Rhinogobio'' * ''
Romanogobio ''Romanogobio'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Europe and Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares t ...
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Sarcocheilichthys ''Sarcocheilichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia. There are currently 12 species in the genus. Species * ''Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis'' Kazumi Hosoya, K. Hosoya, 1982 * ''Sarcocheilichthys caobangensis'' Nguyễn Văn ...
'' * '' Saurogobio'' * ''
Squalidus ''Squalidus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in eastern Asia. There are currently 14 described species in this genus. Species * ''Squalidus argentatus'' (Henri Émile Sauvage, Sauvage & Claude Philibert Dabry de Thiersant, Dabry de Thi ...
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Xenophysogobio ''Xenophysogobio'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are currently two described species in this genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well ...
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Subfamily

Labeoninae Labeoninae is a doubtfully distinct subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. They inhabit fresh water and the largest species richness is in the region around southern China, but there are also species el ...

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Bangana ''Bangana'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is distributed across much of southern and eastern Asia. Species live mainly in the flowing waters of tropical and subtropical rivers.Liu, K. and W. Zhou. (2009)' ...
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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.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.''Cirrhinus'' species list. FishBase. 2011 ...
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Cophecheilus ''Cophecheilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae i ...
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Crossocheilus ''Crossocheilus'', also known as the fringe barbs, flying foxes, or "algae eaters", is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is distributed in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in Asia. These fish occur in several types of hab ...
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Discocheilus ''Discocheilus'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to ...
'' * '' Discogobio'' * '' Discolabeo'' * ''
Garra ''Garra'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. These fish are one example of the " log suckers", sucker-mouthed barbs and other cyprinids commonly kept in aquaria to keep down algae. The doctor fish of Anatolia and the Middle East be ...
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Henicorhynchus ''Henicorhynchus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nation ...
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Horalabiosa ''Horalabiosa''Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.) (2004) Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of January 2004., Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in January 2004. is a disputed genus of cyprinid fish found only in India. There are curre ...
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Labeo ''Labeo'' is a genus of carps in the family Cyprinidae. They are found in freshwater habitats in the tropics and subtropics of Africa and Asia. It contains the typical labeos in the subfamily Labeoninae, which may not be a valid group, however, ...
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Labeobarbus ''Labeobarbus'' is a mid-sized ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are widely distributed throughout eastern Africa and especially southern Africa, but also in Lake Tana in Ethiopia. A common name, in particular for th ...
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Labiobarbus ''Labiobarbus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. It currently contains nine described species. Species A total of 9 species have been assigned: * ''Labiobarbus cyanopareja'' (Johann Jakob Heckel, Heckel, 1843) * ''Labiobarbu ...
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Osteochilichthys ''Osteochilichthys'' is a small genus of cyprinid fishes. It is endemism, endemic to southern India. Species There are two species: * ''Osteochilichthys brevidorsalis'' (Day, 1873) — Kantaka barb (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) * ''Osteochilichthys thoma ...
'' * '' Osteochilus'' * '' Paraqianlabeo'' * ''
Parasinilabeo ''Parasinilabeo'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, ...
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Placocheilus ''Placocheilus caudofasciatus'' is a species of cyprinid native to Laos, Vietnam and China in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a s ...
'' * '' Protolabeo'' * ''
Pseudocrossocheilus ''Pseudocrossocheilus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemism, endemic to China. There are currently six recognized species in this genus. Species * ''Pseudocrossocheilus bamaensis'' (Fang Shu-Miao, S. M. Fang, 1981) * ''Pseudocrossocheilus liuc ...
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Pseudogyrinocheilus ''Pseudogyrinocheilus prochilus'' is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, found in Yangtze River and its tributaries in China. This species is the only member of its genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biologi ...
'' * '' Ptychidio'' * '' Qianlabeo'' * '' Rectoris'' * '' Semilabeo'' * '' Sinigarra'' * ''
Sinilabeo ''Sinilabeo'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in China and Vietnam. Species According to FishBase, there are currently six recognized species in this genus. Only two of these (marked with a star* in list) are recognized in this gen ...
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Sinocrossocheilus ''Sinocrossocheilus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to fast-flowing rivers in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by populati ...
'' * '' Stenorynchoacrum'' * '' Tariqilabeo'' * '' Vinagarra'' * '' Vinalabeo''


Subfamily

Leptobarbinae ''Leptobarbus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia. They are important food fish Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or f ...

* '' Leptobarbus''


Subfamily Leuciscinae

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Abramis The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream (''Abramis brama''), is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus ''Abramis''. ...
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Acanthobrama ''Acanthobrama'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae found mostly in the Near East. Species * '' Acanthobrama centisquama'' Heckel, 1843 * '' Acanthobrama hadiyahensis'' Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983 * †'' Acanthobrama ...
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Achondrostoma ''Achondrostoma'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.Robalo, J. I., et al. (2007)Re-examination and phylogeny of the genus ''Chondrostoma'' based on mitochondrial ...
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Anaecypris ''Anaecypris hispanica'', the Spanish minnowcarp, is a small species of ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is the only living member of the genus ''Anaecypris''. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and is found in the basin of ...
'' * '' Acrocheilus'' (chiselmouth) * ''
Agosia The longfin dace (''Agosia chrysogaster'') is a leuciscid fish that is found in western North America in the United States and Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion o ...
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Algansea ''Algansea'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, distributed in the Lerma– Chapala– Grande de Santiago, Pátzcuaro, Armería, Ameca, Ayutla and Tuxpan basins in west-central Mexico (mostly Jalisco, but also surroundin ...
'' (Mexican chubs) * '' Aztecula'' (Aztec chub) * ''
Ballerus ''Ballerus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish containing two Eurasian species. Species * ''Ballerus ballerus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Zope) * '' Ballerus sapa'' (Pallas Pallas may refer to: Astronomy * 2 Pallas asteroid ** Pallas family, a group of as ...
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Blicca ''Blicca bjoerkna'', alternatively called the white bream or the silver bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. Distribution ''Blicca bjoerkna'' is distributed across most of Europe and in adjacent Western Asia ...
'' (silver bream) * ''
Campostoma ''Campostoma'', the stonerollers, is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. There are currently six species recognized for this genus. Species * '' Campostoma anomalum'' ( Rafinesque, 1820) (Central stoneroller) * '' Campostoma oligol ...
'' (stonerollers) * ''
Chondrostoma ''Chondrostoma'' (from the Ancient Greek roots (''khondros'') 'lump' + (''stoma'') 'mouth' = 'lump-mouth') is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are commonly known as nases, although this term is also used locally to de ...
'' (typical nases) * ''
Chrosomus ''Chrosomus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fish found in freshwater habitats in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. There are currently seven recognized species in this genus. They have sometimes been included in '' Phoxinus''. They ...
'' (typical daces) * '' Clinostomus'' (redside daces) * ''
Codoma The ornate shiner (''Codoma ornata'') is a cyprinid fish endemic to Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the Unite ...
'' (ornate shiner) * ''
Coreoleuciscus ''Coreoleuciscus'' is a genus of fish from the cyprinid family endemic to rivers of the Korean peninsula Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with ...
'' (Korean splendid dace) * '' Couesius'' (lake chub) * ''
Cyprinella ''Cyprinella'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known as the satinfin shiners. They are native to North America, and some are among the most common freshwater fish species on the eastern side of the con ...
'' (satinfin shiners) * ''
Delminichthys ''Delminichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish which is found in the karst region of the Balkans, Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geograph ...
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Dionda ''Dionda'' is the genus of desert minnows, small fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are native to fresh waters in the United States and Mexico. Their range is centered in the Rio Grande basin, but they also occur in associated systems ...
'' (desert minnows) * '' Eremichthys'' (desert dace) * '' Ericymba'' (longjaw minnows) * '' Erimystax'' (slender chubs) *
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Evarra ''Evarra'' was a genus of small ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. All species in the genus were restricted to waters in the Valley of Mexico and are now extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of k ...
'' (Mexican daces) * '' Exoglossum'' (cutlips minnows) * '' Gila'' (western chubs) * ''
Hemitremia The flame chub (''Hemitremia flammea'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae found only in the United States. Its range broadly follows the Tennessee River from above Knoxville, Tennessee, to the mouth of the Duck River. Hist ...
'' (flame chub) * ''
Hesperoleucus The California roach (''Hesperoleucus symmetricus'') is a cyprinid fish native to western North America and abundant in the intermittent streams throughout central California. Once considered the sole member of its genus, it has recently been sp ...
'' (California roach) * '' Hybognathus'' (silvery minnows) * '' Hybopsis'' (bigeye chubs) * ''
Iberochondrostoma ''Iberochondrostoma'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Ib ...
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Iberocypris ''Squalius'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Europe and Asia. Hybridization is not rare in the Cyprinidae, including this genus. '' S. alburnoides'' is known to be of ancient hybrid origin, with the paternal lineage deriving ...
'' * '' Iotichthys'' (least chub) * ''
Kottelatia ''Kottelatia brittani'' is a species of cyprinid fish native to Sumatra and peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Ja ...
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Ladigesocypris ''Ladigesocypris'' is a small genus of freshwater ray-finned fish from the carp and minnow family, Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and r ...
'' * '' Lavinia'' (hitch) * ''
Lepidomeda ''Lepidomeda'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, commonly known as the spinedaces, found in western North America. Of the four known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the leatherside chub and the spiked ...
'' (spinedaces) * ''
Leucalburnus ''Leucalburnus satunini'', the mountain dace or White Kura bleak , is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the ...
'' * '' Leucaspius'' (moderlieschen) * ''
Leuciscus ''Leuciscus'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are inland water fishes commonly called Eurasian daces. The genus is widespread from Europe to Siberia. Species broadly distributed in Europe include the common dace '' ...
'' (Eurasian daces) * ''
Leucos ''Leucos'' is a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae, from Southern Europe. They are carp close to the genus '' Rutilus'', and were only recently taxonomically distinguished from that genus.Bianco, P.G., Ketmaier, V. (2014)A revision of the ...
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Luxilus ''Luxilus'' is a genus of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most ...
'' (highscale shiners) * '' Lythrurus'' (finescale shiners) * ''
Macrhybopsis ''Macrhybopsis'', the blacktail chubs, is a genus of cyprinid fish that are found in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north ...
'' (blacktail chubs) * '' Margariscus'' (pearl daces) * ''
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'' (pikedace) * '' Moapa'' (moapa dace) * '' Mylocheilus'' (peamouth) * ''
Mylopharodon ''Mylopharadon conocephalus'', known as the hardhead, is a freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows, which is endemic to California. It is the sole member of the monotypic genus ''Mylopharadon''. Description ...
'' (hardhead) * ''
Nocomis ''Nocomis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish native to North America. There are currently seven described species in this genus. Species * '' Nocomis asper'' Lachner & R. E. Jenkins, 1971 (Redspot chub) * '' Nocomis biguttatus'' ( Kirtland, 1840) ...
'' (hornyhead chubs) * '' Notemigonus'' (golden shiner) * ''
Notropis ''Notropis'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are known commonly as eastern shiners.''Not ...
'' (eastern shiners) * ''
Opsopoeodus The pugnose minnow (''Opsopoeodus emiliae'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in the eastern North America. There are two recognized subspecies with the subspecies from Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of t ...
'' (pugnose minnow) * ''
Oregonichthys ''Oregonichthys'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the ba ...
'' (Oregon chubs) * '' Orthodon'' (Sacramento blackfish) * '' Pachychilon'' * ''
Parachondrostoma ''Parachondrostoma'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found mostly in Spain with one species entering France. There are currently four species in this genus. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Parachondrostoma ar ...
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Pararhinichthys The cheat minnow (''Pararhinichthys bowersi'') is a demersal, freshwater fish endemic to the United States, most commonly found in the Ohio River basin. It is the only species in the genus Pararhinichthys. Its taxonomic status is debatable and ' ...
'' (cheat minnow) * '' Pelasgus'' * ''
Pelecus ''Pelecus cultratus'', commonly known as the ziege, sichel, sabre carp or sabrefish, is a cyprinid fish species from Eastern Europe and adjacent Asian regions, the only one in its genus, inhabiting the lower reaches of rivers and brackish waters ...
'' (sabre carp) * ''
Petroleuciscus ''Petroleuciscus'' is a genus of four species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It was usually included in '' Leuciscus'' until recently. This genus unites the Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces. Recent research has indicated that ''Petrol ...
'' (Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces) * ''
Phenacobius ''Phenacobius'', the suckermouth minnows, is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to the United States. Historically the suckermouth minnow was not found as far eastward as Ohio, now they seem to be a stable species living throughout the Midwest an ...
'' (suckermouth minnows) * '' Phoxinellus'' * ''
Phoxinus ''Phoxinus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae of order Cypriniformes, and the only members of the subfamily Phoxininae, or Eurasian minnows. The type species is '' Phoxinus phoxinus''. The other species in this genus are ...
'' (Eurasian minnows and daces) * '' Pimephales'' (bluntnose minnows) * ''
Plagopterus The woundfin (''Plagopterus argentissimus'') is a species of minnow endemic to the Virgin River of the southwestern United States. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Plagopterus''. Description The woundfin is a small slender, silve ...
'' (woundfin) * ''
Platygobio The flathead chub (''Platygobio gracilis'') is a species of fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Platygobio''.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. (2011)''Platygobio''.FishBase. It is native to North Ameri ...
'' (flathead chub) * ''
Pogonichthys The splittails are a genus ''Pogonichthys'' of cyprinid fish, consisting of two species native to western North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is ...
'' (splittails) * '' Protochondrostoma'' (South European nase) * ''
Pseudochondrostoma ''Pseudochondrostoma'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in the Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * ...
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Pseudophoxinus ''Pseudophoxinus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Western Asia. Species There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pseudophoxinus alii'' Küçük, 2007 (Pamphylian spring minnow) * '' Pseudophoxinus anat ...
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Pteronotropis ''Pteronotropis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemism, endemic to the United States. Characteristics The genus is characterized by a broad dark blue stripe along the side. The genus has large anal and dorsal fins, as well as a compressed body ...
'' (flagfin shiners) * ''
Ptychocheilus Pikeminnows, formerly squawfish, are cyprinid fish of the genus ''Ptychocheilus'' consisting of four species native to western North America. Voracious predators, they are considered an "undesirable" species in many waters, largely due to the spe ...
'' (pikeminnows) * ''
Relictus The relict dace (''Relictus solitarius'') is a cyprinid fish of the Great Basin of western North America. It is the sole member of its genus. Relict dace coloration is variable, but generally dusky overall, with olive and brassy shades dorsally. ...
'' (relict dace) * ''
Rhinichthys ''Rhinichthys'', known as the riffle daces, is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae) of the order Cypriniformes. The type species is '' Rhinichthys atratulus'', the blacknose dace. ''Rhinichthys'' species range throughout No ...
'' (riffle daces, loach minnows) (including ''Tiaroga'') * ''
Rhynchocypris ''Rhynchocypris'' is a genus of fairly small Eurasian cyprinid fishes. There are currently seven described species in this genus. Species * ''Rhynchocypris czekanowskii'' (Benedykt Dybowski, Dybowski, 1869) (Czekanowski's minnow) * ''Rhynchocyp ...
'' (Eurasian minnows) * ''
Richardsonius ''Richardsonius'' is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of two species native to western North America. Commonly known as redside shiners, that term is also used to refer to ''Richardsonius balteatus'' specifically. The genus is named after na ...
'' (redside shiners) * ''
Rutilus ''Rutilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Eurasia. This genus is a widely distributed lineage of cyprinids and ranges from West Europe to East Siberia. Species In FishBase (2022), nine species are included in the genus: ...
'' (roaches) * '' Sarmarutilus'' * '' Scardinius'' (rudds) * ''
Semotilus ''Semotilus'' is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the common creek chub, ''S. atromaculatus''. The creek chub species of minnows can ...
'' (creek chubs) * '' Siphateles'' * ''
Snyderichthys ''Lepidomeda'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, commonly known as the spinedaces, found in western North America. Of the four known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the leatherside chub and the spiked ...
'' (spinedaces) * ''
Squalius ''Squalius'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Europe and Asia. Hybridization is not rare in the Cyprinidae, including this genus. '' S. alburnoides'' is known to be of ancient hybrid origin, with the paternal lineage deriving ...
'' (European chubs) *
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Stypodon The stumptooth minnow (''Stypodon signifer'') is an extinct species of cyprinid fish. It was found only in Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It ...
'' (stumptooth minnow) * ''
Tampichthys ''Tampichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to east–central Mexico. They are entirely restricted to the Pánuco River basin, except ''T. ipni'' which also occurs in some other Mexican rivers that drain into the Gulf of Mexico. These ar ...
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Telestes ''Telestes'' is a genus of cyprinid fish. It was formerly usually included in ''Leuciscus ''Leuciscus'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are inland water fishes commonly called Eurasian daces. The genus is widespr ...
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Tribolodon ''Tribolodon'' (Redfin dace) is a genus of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the larg ...
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Tropidophoxinellus ''Tropidophoxinellus'' is a genus of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest ...
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Vimba ''Vimba'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Europe and western Asia. There are currently four described species. Species * '' Vimba elongata'' (Valenciennes, 1844) (Bavarian vimba) * '' Vimba melanops'' ( Heckel, 1837) (Macedonian v ...
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Tincinae Tincinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, it consists of the tench of Eurasia and the east Asian clod minnows. Tinca tinca is a freshwater tincinae fish that is found in the Danube basin Genera There are ...

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Tanichthys ''Tanichthys'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. They are native to rivers and streams in China and Vietnam. Until recently, the type species, ''T. albonubes,'' was the only one known. In 2001 ...
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Squaliobarbinae Squaliobarbinae is a small subfamily of the carp and minnow family, Cyprinidae, which consists of three monotypic genera which have their natural distributions in eastern Asia. Two species, the grass carp (''Ctenopharyngodon idella'') and the bl ...

* '' Ctenopharyngodon'' (grass carp) * ''
Mylopharyngodon ''Mylopharyngodon'' is a genus of fish belongs to the family Cyprinidae, it contains two species: the living black carp The black carp (''Mylopharyngodon piceus'') or Chinese black roach is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish and the sole ext ...
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Squaliobarbus The barbel chub (''Squaliobarbus curriculus'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in China, North Korea, South Korea, eastern Russia, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., ...
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Xenocyprinae Xenocyprinae, is a contentious subfamily of the family Cyprinidae, the carp and minnow family, originally from eastern Asia. Genera The 5th edition of ''Fishes of the World'' assigns the follow general to this subfamily: *'' Aristichthys'' Oshi ...

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Distoechodon ''Distoechodon'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes that occur in East Asia, one species endemic to mainland China and the other in both mainland China and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a Country, country in East As ...
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Hypophthalmichthys ''Hypophthalmichthys'' is a genus of large cyprinid fish consisting of three species. The name comes from Greek ὑπό, (''hypó'') "below"; ὀφθαλμός (''ophthalmós''), "eye"; ἰχθῦς (''ichthŷs''), "fish", thus "fish with eyes bel ...
'' (bighead carps) * '' Plagiognathops'' * ''
Pseudobrama ''Pseudobrama simoni'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China, and the only species in its genus. It is a pseudobream species living in fresh and brackish water in the Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest ri ...
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Xenocypris ''Xenocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven species in this genus, one, ''X. yushensis'', being known only from fossils, and one, ''X. yunnanensis'', which is critically endangered or recently exti ...
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* '' Aaptosyax'' (giant salmon carp) * '' Acanthalburnus'' (bleaks) * ''
Acanthogobio ''Acanthogobio guentheri'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China. It is only found in the Yellow and Sinin Rivers, and is the only recognized species in its genus. It reaches up to a length of 20 cm. Named in honor of the German-born ...
'' * '' Acapoeta'' * '' Albulichthys'' * ''
Amblyrhynchichthys ''Amblyrhynchichthys'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish containing only two Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographica ...
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Ancherythroculter ''Ancherythroculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes that occur in eastern Asia in China and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at th ...
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Aphyocypris ''Aphyocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes consisting of eight species, all of which are restricted to East Asia. Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * '' Aphyocypris amnis'' T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & H. ...
'' * '' Araiocypris'' * '' Aspiorhynchus'' * ''
Atrilinea ''Atrilinea'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes that contains only three species, all of which are endemic to China. Species * ''Atrilinea macrolepis ''Atrilinea macrolepis'' is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish ...
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Barbichthys The sucker barb (''Barbichthys laevis'') is a species of cyprinid found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical ...
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Barbopsis The Somalian blind barb (''Barbopsis devecchi'') is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Barbopsis''. This troglobitic fish is found only in Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈� ...
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Caecobarbus ''Caecobarbus geertsi'', the African blind barb or Congo blind barb (known as ''Nzonzi a mpofo'' in the local Kikongo language, meaning "blind barb"), is a species of cyprinid fish. This threatened cavefish is only known from Democratic Republi ...
'' (Congo blind barb) * ''
Caecocypris ''Caecocypris basimi'', the Haditha cavefish, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Iraq, only occurring in aquifers near Haditha. This cavefish is the only member of its genus. The species is classed as Critically endangered, possibly extin ...
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Candidia ''Candidia'' is a genus of small cyprinid freshwater fish endemic to Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, wit ...
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Capoetobrama ''Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi'' is a cyprinid fish that is found in Central Asia, in a region shared by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекис ...
'' * '' Catlocarpio'' * '' Chagunius'' * ''
Chuanchia ''Chuanchia labiosa'' is a species of cyprinid fish that is only found in the upper reaches of the Yellow River basin in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China, where it mostly inhabits slow-flowing cold waters at altitudes above . It is the only ...
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Coptostomabarbus ''Coptostomabarbus'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish containing only two Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million squar ...
'' * '' Cosmochilus'' * ''
Cyclocheilichthys ''Cyclocheilichthys'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae containing approximately eight valid species. They are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and China. Two additional species are alternately placed in the ge ...
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Cyprinion ''Cyprinion'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Species * '' Cyprinion acinaces'' Banister & M. A. Clarke, 1977 ** '' Cyprinion acinaces acinaces'' Banister & M. A. Clarke, 1977 ** '' Cyprinion acinaces hijazi'' Krupp, 1 ...
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Diplocheilichthys ''Diplocheilichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of two species, both of which are endemic to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacifi ...
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Discherodontus ''Discherodontus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fishes found in rivers and streams in Mainland Southeast Asia and Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approxim ...
'' * '' Eirmotus'' * '' Elopichthys'' * ''
Epalzeorhynchos ''Epalzeorhynchos'' is a small ray-finned fish genus of the family Cyprinidae. Its members are – like some other cyprinids – known as " freshwater sharks" or simply "sharks". They are, however, freshwater members of the Osteichthyes l ...
'' * '' Folifer'' * '' Gibelion'' (catla) (some authorities consider this species to belong in the genus ''Catla'') * '' Gymnodanio'' * ''
Gymnodiptychus ''Gymnodiptychus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in freshwater habitats in the highlands of China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.Kustareva, L.A., and A.M. Naseka (2015). Fish diversity in Kyrgyzstan: Species composition, fisheries and management ...
'' * '' Hampala'' * ''
Hemiculterella ''Hemiculterella'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which sha ...
'' * '' Hemigrammocypris'' (close to ''Aphyocypris''?) * '' Herzensteinia'' * ''
Hypselobarbus ''Hypselobarbus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to India. Species There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus: * '' Hypselobarbus basavarajai'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraj ...
'' * '' Hypsibarbus'' * '' Laocypris'' * '' Lepidopygopsis'' * '' Linichthys'' * '' Lobocheilos'' * '' Longiculter'' * '' Luciobrama'' * ''
Luciocyprinus ''Luciocyprinus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in China and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Na ...
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Macrochirichthys ''Macrochirichthys macrochirus'', the long pectoral-fin minnow or giant sword minnow, is a species of cyprinid fish found in rivers and lakes in Southeast Asia (Vietnam and Thailand to the Greater Sundas) where it is used as a food fish. It is t ...
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Megarasbora ''Megarasbora elanga'' ( bn, এলং), commonly known as the Bengala barb is a fish of the carp family Cyprinidae, found commonly in rivers and freshwater lakes in and around Bangladesh. It reaches a maximum length of . It is a valued food fish ...
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Mekongina ''Mekongina'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia and China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most popul ...
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Metzia ''Metzia'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University. Species There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus: * '' Me ...
'' * '' Mystacoleucus'' * '' Naziritor'' (Zhobi mahseers) * ''
Neolissochilus ''Neolissochilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to freshwater habitats in Asia that are often grouped with the mahseers. The largest reach up to in length, but most species are much smaller. Species There are currently 28 ...
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Nipponocypris ''Nipponocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish containing three extant species, one endemic to Japan, one to South Korea while the third occurs in Japan, Korea and China. A fourth, extinct species is known from Middle Pleistocene The Pleis ...
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Onychostoma ''Onychostoma'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Onychostoma alticorpus'' (Masamitsu Ōshima, Ōshima, 1920) (Taiwan ku fish) * ''Onychostoma angustistomata'' ...
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Opsariichthys ''Opsariichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in freshwater habitats in Mainland China (including Hainan), Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. There are currently 12 described species in the genus. Species There are 12 species, some with u ...
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Oreoleuciscus ''Oreoleuciscus'' is a genus of medium to large cyprinid freshwater fish which is only found in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by ...
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Osteobrama ''Osteobrama'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia consisting of eight species. The name is derived from the Greek word ''osteon'', meaning "bone", and the Old French word ''breme'', a type of freshwater fish. Species *'' Osteob ...
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Oxygaster ''Oxygaster'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geosche ...
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Oxygymnocypris ''Oxygymnocypris stewartii'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Tibet and occurs in the Yarlung Tsangpo River (=upper Brahmaputra) and its tributaries at altitudes above in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is the only species in its genus. ...
'' * '' Parachela'' * ''
Paracrossochilus ''Paracrossochilus'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes containing two species, both of which are endemic to Borneo. Species * '' Paracrossochilus acerus'' Inger & P. K. Chin, 1962 * '' Paracrossochilus vittatus'' (Boulenger Boulenger is a surname. ...
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Parapsilorhynchus ''Parapsilorhynchus'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the m ...
'' * '' Parasikukia'' * '' Paraspinibarbus'' * '' Parator'' * ''
Parazacco ''Parazacco'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to China and Vietnam. Species According to FishBase, there are currently two recognized species in this genus, but the Catalog of Fishes considers the first as a ...
'' * '' Percocypris'' * ''
Phreatichthys ''Phreatichthys andruzzii'', a species of cyprinid fish, is the only species of the genus ''Phreatichthys'', and is endemic to Somalia. This cave-adapted fish is whitish (not pigmented) and blind. It is considered to have evolved in the cave en ...
'' (Somalian cavefish) * '' Placogobio'' * '' Platypharodon'' * '' Pogobrama'' * ''
Poropuntius ''Poropuntius'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of Southeast Asia and Yunnan in China, but ''P. burtoni'' is from South Asia. Several species have highly restricted ranges and are threatened, and a single ''P. spe ...
'' * '' Probarbus'' * ''
Procypris ''Procypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares ...
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Prolabeo ''Prolabeo batesi'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea ...
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Prolabeops ''Prolabeops'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a p ...
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Pseudaspius ''Pseudaspius leptocephalus'', the Redfin, is a species of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia where it occurs in the countries of Russia, Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; literal translation, lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of M ...
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Ptychobarbus ''Ptychobarbus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in rivers, streams and lakes in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau of China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, extending into the highlands of Afghanistan. They reach up to in weight and about ...
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Puntioplites ''Puntioplites'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations ...
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Rasborichthys ''Rasborichthys helfrichii'' is a species of cyprinid fish found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asi ...
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Rohtee ''Rohtee ogilbii'', the Vatani rohtee, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the northern Western Ghats in southern India. It is the only species in its genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classificat ...
'' (Vatani rohtee) * '' Rohteichthys'' * ''
Sanagia ''Sanagia velifera'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Sanaga River in Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west ...
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Sawbwa Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...
'' (Sawbwa barb) * ''
Scaphiodonichthys ''Scaphiodonichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares ...
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Scaphognathops ''Scaphognathops'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia. Thai vernacular names are ''pla pak pian'' ( th, ปลาปากเปี่ยน), ''pla pian'' (ปลาเปี่ยน) or ''pla ta dam'' (ปลาตาดำ) ...
'' * '' Scardinius'' (rudds) * '' Schismatorhynchos'' * ''
Schizocypris ''Schizocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern and south-western Asia. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Schizocypris altidorsalis'' Bianco & Bănărescu, 1982 * '' Schizocypris brucei'' Re ...
'' (snowtrouts) * ''
Schizopygopsis ''Schizopygopsis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish. Most species are endemic to river basins in the Himalayas and Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China, but ''S. stoliczkai'' extends into the highlands of Afghanistan, Iran, northern India, Kyrgyzstan, Pa ...
'' (snowtrouts) * '' Semiplotus'' * '' Sikukia'' * ''
Spinibarbus ''Spinibarbus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven described species in this genus. Species * ''Spinibarbus babeensis'' Nguyễn Văn Hảo, V. H. Nguyễn, 2001 * ''Spinibarbus denticulatus'' (Masamits ...
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Thryssocypris ''Thryssocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * ''Thryssocypris ornithostoma'' Maurice Kottelat, Kottelat, 1991 * ''Thryssocypris smaragdinus'' Tyson R. ...
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Thynnichthys ''Thynnichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia from India to Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in ...
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mahseer Mahseer is the common name used for the genera '' Tor'', '' Neolissochilus'', '' Naziritor'' and '' Parator'' in the family Cyprinidae (carps). The name is, however, more often restricted to members of the genus ''Tor''.Sen TK, Jayaram KC, 1982. ...
s'') * '' Troglocyclocheilus'' * ''
Tropidophoxinellus ''Tropidophoxinellus'' is a genus of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest ...
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Typhlobarbus ''Typhlobarbus nudiventris'' is a vulnerable species of cyprinid fish endemic to Jianshui County in Yunnan, China.Noakes; Aldemaro; Zhao; and Zhou (2009). Chinese Fishes, p. 249. Springer Science & Business Media. Like other cavefish, it lacks ...
'' * '' Typhlogarra'' (Iraq blind barb) * '' Xenobarbus'' * ''
Xenocyprioides ''Xenocyprioides'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to ...
'' * '' Zacco'' With such a large and diverse family the taxonomy and phylogenies are always being worked on so alternative classifications are being created as new information is discovered, for example:


Phylogeny

Subfamily Probarbinae * '' Catlocarpio'' * '' Probarbus'' Subfamily
Labeoninae Labeoninae is a doubtfully distinct subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. They inhabit fresh water and the largest species richness is in the region around southern China, but there are also species el ...
* Tribe Parapsilorhynchini ** ''
Diplocheilichthys ''Diplocheilichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of two species, both of which are endemic to Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacifi ...
'' ** '' Neorohita'' ** ''
Parapsilorhynchus ''Parapsilorhynchus'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the m ...
'' ** '' Longanalus'' ** '' Protolabeo'' ** ''
Sinilabeo ''Sinilabeo'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in China and Vietnam. Species According to FishBase, there are currently six recognized species in this genus. Only two of these (marked with a star* in list) are recognized in this gen ...
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Labeonini Labeoninae is a doubtfully distinct subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. They inhabit fresh water and the largest species richness is in the region around southern China, but there are also species el ...
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Bangana ''Bangana'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is distributed across much of southern and eastern Asia. Species live mainly in the flowing waters of tropical and subtropical rivers.Liu, K. and W. Zhou. (2009)' ...
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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.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.''Cirrhinus'' species list. FishBase. 2011 ...
'' (mud carps) ** '' Decourus'' ** '' Gymnostomus'' ** '' Incisilabeo'' ** ''
Labeo ''Labeo'' is a genus of carps in the family Cyprinidae. They are found in freshwater habitats in the tropics and subtropics of Africa and Asia. It contains the typical labeos in the subfamily Labeoninae, which may not be a valid group, however, ...
'' (labeos) ** ''
Speolabeo ''Speolabeo musaei'' is a species of cyprinid cavefish endemic to the Xe Bang Fai River in Laos. It is the only species in the genus ''Speolabeo'', but it was formerly included in ''Bangana ''Bangana'' is a genus of fish in the family Cypr ...
'' ** '' Schismatorhynchos'' * Tribe
Garrini Labeoninae is a doubtfully distinct subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. They inhabit fresh water and the largest species richness is in the region around southern China, but there are also species els ...
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Garra ''Garra'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. These fish are one example of the " log suckers", sucker-mouthed barbs and other cyprinids commonly kept in aquaria to keep down algae. The doctor fish of Anatolia and the Middle East be ...
'' ** '' Paracrossocheilus'' ** '' Tariqilabeo'' ** '' Osteochilus'' clade *** ''
Barbichthys The sucker barb (''Barbichthys laevis'') is a species of cyprinid found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical ...
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Crossocheilus ''Crossocheilus'', also known as the fringe barbs, flying foxes, or "algae eaters", is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is distributed in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in Asia. These fish occur in several types of hab ...
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Epalzeorhynchos ''Epalzeorhynchos'' is a small ray-finned fish genus of the family Cyprinidae. Its members are – like some other cyprinids – known as " freshwater sharks" or simply "sharks". They are, however, freshwater members of the Osteichthyes l ...
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Henicorhynchus ''Henicorhynchus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nation ...
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Labiobarbus ''Labiobarbus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. It currently contains nine described species. Species A total of 9 species have been assigned: * ''Labiobarbus cyanopareja'' (Johann Jakob Heckel, Heckel, 1843) * ''Labiobarbu ...
'' *** '' Lobocheilos'' *** '' Osteochilus'' *** ''
Thynnichthys ''Thynnichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia from India to Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in ...
'' ** '' Semilabeo'' clade *** ''
Ageneiogarra ''Garra'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. These fish are one example of the "log suckers", sucker-mouthed barbs and other cyprinids commonly kept in aquaria to keep down algae. The doctor fish of Anatolia and the Middle East bel ...
'' *** '' Altigena'' *** ''
Cophecheilus ''Cophecheilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae i ...
'' *** '' Discogobio'' *** '' Hongshuia'' *** '' Linichthys'' *** ''
Mekongina ''Mekongina'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia and China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most popul ...
'' *** '' Paraqianlabeo'' *** ''
Parasinilabeo ''Parasinilabeo'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, ...
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Placocheilus ''Placocheilus caudofasciatus'' is a species of cyprinid native to Laos, Vietnam and China in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a s ...
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Prolixicheilus ''Prolixicheilus longisulcus'' is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, found in streams belonging to the Zuojiang River, a tributary of Pearl River in China. This species is the only member of its genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a t ...
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Pseudocrossocheilus ''Pseudocrossocheilus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemism, endemic to China. There are currently six recognized species in this genus. Species * ''Pseudocrossocheilus bamaensis'' (Fang Shu-Miao, S. M. Fang, 1981) * ''Pseudocrossocheilus liuc ...
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Pseudogyrinocheilus ''Pseudogyrinocheilus prochilus'' is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae, found in Yangtze River and its tributaries in China. This species is the only member of its genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biologi ...
'' *** '' Ptychidio'' *** '' Qianlabeo'' *** '' Rectoris'' *** '' Semilabeo'' *** '' Sinigarra'' *** ''
Sinocrossocheilus ''Sinocrossocheilus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to fast-flowing rivers in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by populati ...
'' *** '' Stenorynchoacrum'' Subfamily Torinae * '' Acapoeta'' * ''
Arabibarbus ''Arabibarbus'' is a genus of Cyprinidae. They are medium-small to very large freshwater carps found in the Western Asia.Borkenhagen, K. (2014): A new genus and species of cyprinid fish (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, an ...
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Barbopsis The Somalian blind barb (''Barbopsis devecchi'') is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Barbopsis''. This troglobitic fish is found only in Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈� ...
'' (Somalian blind barb) * ''
Carasobarbus ''Carasobarbus'', the himris, is a small genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are found in rivers, streams, lakes and ponds in Western Asia and Northwest Africa. ''C. canis'' can reach in total length, but most other ...
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Hypselobarbus ''Hypselobarbus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to India. Species There are currently 26 recognized species in this genus: * '' Hypselobarbus basavarajai'' Arunachalam, Chinnaraja & Mayden, 2016 Arunachalam, M., Chinnaraj ...
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Labeobarbus ''Labeobarbus'' is a mid-sized ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are widely distributed throughout eastern Africa and especially southern Africa, but also in Lake Tana in Ethiopia. A common name, in particular for th ...
'' (yellowfish) * '' Lepidopygopsis'' * ''
Mesopotamichthys The binni (''Mesopotamichthys sharpeyi'') is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Tigris–Euphrates Basin in the Middle East. This fish mostly inhabits lakes and marshes, especially in densely vegetated places where it also lays its eggs, b ...
'' * '' Naziritor'' (Zhobi mahseers) * ''
Neolissochilus ''Neolissochilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to freshwater habitats in Asia that are often grouped with the mahseers. The largest reach up to in length, but most species are much smaller. Species There are currently 28 ...
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mahseer Mahseer is the common name used for the genera '' Tor'', '' Neolissochilus'', '' Naziritor'' and '' Parator'' in the family Cyprinidae (carps). The name is, however, more often restricted to members of the genus ''Tor''.Sen TK, Jayaram KC, 1982. ...
s) * ''
Osteochilichthys ''Osteochilichthys'' is a small genus of cyprinid fishes. It is endemism, endemic to southern India. Species There are two species: * ''Osteochilichthys brevidorsalis'' (Day, 1873) — Kantaka barb (Tamil Nadu, Kerala) * ''Osteochilichthys thoma ...
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Pterocapoeta ''Pterocapoeta maroccana'' is a species of cyprinid fish. It is found only in Morocco. Labeobarbus marocanna (Pterocapoeta maroccana) is a species of medium to large Labeobarbus species endemic to Morocco, it can be found from the Eastern part o ...
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Sanagia ''Sanagia velifera'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Sanaga River in Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west ...
'' * '' Tor'' (
mahseer Mahseer is the common name used for the genera '' Tor'', '' Neolissochilus'', '' Naziritor'' and '' Parator'' in the family Cyprinidae (carps). The name is, however, more often restricted to members of the genus ''Tor''.Sen TK, Jayaram KC, 1982. ...
s) * ''
Pterocapoeta ''Pterocapoeta maroccana'' is a species of cyprinid fish. It is found only in Morocco. Labeobarbus marocanna (Pterocapoeta maroccana) is a species of medium to large Labeobarbus species endemic to Morocco, it can be found from the Eastern part o ...
'' Subfamily Smiliogastrinae * '' Barbodes'' * ''
Barboides ''Barboides'' is a genus of very small ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae from freshwater habitats in West and Middle Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to differen ...
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Caecobarbus ''Caecobarbus geertsi'', the African blind barb or Congo blind barb (known as ''Nzonzi a mpofo'' in the local Kikongo language, meaning "blind barb"), is a species of cyprinid fish. This threatened cavefish is only known from Democratic Republi ...
'' (Congo blind barb) * '' Chagunius'' * ''
Clypeobarbus ''Clypeobarbus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fishes native to Africa. Most species are restricted to the Congo River Basin, but ''C. pleuropholis'' is also found in the Chad Basin, while ''C. bellcrossi'' is from the Zambezi and ''C. hypsolepis' ...
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Coptostomabarbus ''Coptostomabarbus'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish containing only two Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million squar ...
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Dawkinsia ''Dawkinsia'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater in South India and Sri Lanka. It was split off from genus ''Puntius'' in 2012. Etymology ''Dawkinsia'' is named after the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in recognition of his ...
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Desmopuntius ''Desmopuntius'' is a genus of small freshwater cyprinids native to Southeast Asia. They were formerly included in ''Puntius''. Etymology The name ''Desmopuntius'' is derived from the Greek language δεσμψτης ("desmotes") meaning 'priso ...
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Eechathalakenda The Channa barb (''Eechathalakenda ophicephalus'') (formerly ''Puntius ophicephalus''), is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to India where it occurs in hill streams in forested areas. This species can reach a length of TL. This species is als ...
'' * '' Enteromius'' * '' Haludaria'' * '' Hampala'' * ''
Oliotius The checker barb (''Oliotius oligolepis'')Kottelat, M. (2013)The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zool ...
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Oreichthys ''Oreichthys'' is a genus of tropical barbs found in Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), northern Malay Peninsula, and the Mekong basin in Laos. They are found in ditches, ponds, streams (both highland and lowland) and canals.Rahman, ...
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Osteobrama ''Osteobrama'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia consisting of eight species. The name is derived from the Greek word ''osteon'', meaning "bone", and the Old French word ''breme'', a type of freshwater fish. Species *'' Osteob ...
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Pethia ''Pethia'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia, East Asia (only Pethia stoliczkana recorded) and Mainland Southeast Asia. Some species are commonly seen in the aquarium trade. The name ''Pethia'' i ...
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Prolabeo ''Prolabeo batesi'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea ...
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Prolabeops ''Prolabeops'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a p ...
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Pseudobarbus ''Pseudobarbus'' is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae. The type species is Burchell's redfin (''P. burchelli''). The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek ''pseudes'' ("false") and the Latin word ''barbus'' ("beard", ...
'' (redfins) * '' Puntigrus'' * ''
Puntius ''Puntius'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae native to South Asia and Mainland Southeast Asia, as well as Taiwan. Many species formerly placed in ''Puntius'' have been moved to other genera such as '' Barbodes'', ' ...
'' (spotted barbs) * ''
Rohtee ''Rohtee ogilbii'', the Vatani rohtee, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the northern Western Ghats in southern India. It is the only species in its genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classificat ...
'' (Vatani rohtee) * ''
Sahyadria ''Sahyadria'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes native to India where they are endemic to rivers and streams in the Western Ghats. They were formerly included in ''Puntius''. The largest ''Sahyadria'' measure total length Fish measurement is the ...
'' * '' Striuntius'' * ''
Systomus ''Systomus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to tropical Asia.Kottelat, M. (2013)The fishes of the inland waters of southeast Asia: A catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and es ...
'' * '' Xenobarbus'' Subfamily
Cyprininae The Cyprininae are one of at least 11 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains three genera in its strictest definition but many more are included depending on which authority is defining it, especially if the Labeobarbinae is not considered ...
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Barbinae Barbinae are a subfamily of fish included in the family Cyprinidae. The taxonomy for this group has not been entirely worked out as some genera historically considered within it are still considered incertae sedis with respect to being a member o ...
] * Tribe Cyprinini ** '' Aaptosyax'' (giant salmon carp) ** ''
Carassioides ''Carassioides'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in East and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south ...
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Carassius ''Carassius ''is a genus in the ray-finned fish family Cyprinidae. Most species in this genus are commonly known as crucian carps, though this term often specifically refers to '' C. carassius''. The most well known is the goldfish (''C. auratus ...
'' (Crucian carps and goldfish) ** ''
Cyprinus ''Cyprinus'' is the genus of typical carps in family Cyprinidae. Most species in the genus are of East Asia origin with only the common carp (''C. carpio'') in Western Asia and Europe; this invasive species has also been introduced to many othe ...
'' (typical carps) ** ''
Luciocyprinus ''Luciocyprinus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in China and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Na ...
'' ** '' Paraspinibarbus'' ** '' Parator'' ** ''
Procypris ''Procypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares ...
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Pseudosinocyclocheilus ''Sinocyclocheilus jinxiensis'' is a species of cavefish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to Xiaolong Spring in Jinxi County, Guangxi, China. In 2016, it was proposed that this species should be moved to its own genus Genus ( plural genera ) ...
'' ** '' Sinibarbus'' ** ''
Sinocyclocheilus ''Sinocyclocheilus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to China, where only found in Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan.Ma, L.; and Y.-H. Zhao (2012). Cavefish of China. Pp. 107—125 in: White, W.B.; and D.C. Cuvier, editor ...
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Typhlobarbus ''Typhlobarbus nudiventris'' is a vulnerable species of cyprinid fish endemic to Jianshui County in Yunnan, China.Noakes; Aldemaro; Zhao; and Zhou (2009). Chinese Fishes, p. 249. Springer Science & Business Media. Like other cavefish, it lacks ...
'' * Tribe Rohteichthyini ** '' Albulichthys'' ** ''
Amblyrhynchichthys ''Amblyrhynchichthys'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish containing only two Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographica ...
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Anematichthys ''Cyclocheilichthys'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae containing approximately eight valid species. They are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and China. Two additional species are alternately placed in the ge ...
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Balantiocheilos ''Balantiocheilos'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish from southeast Asia. It includes two species. Species *'' Balantiocheilos ambusticauda'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2007 (Burnt tail fish) *'' Balantiocheilos melanopterus'' ( Bleeker, 1851) (T ...
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Barbonymus ''Barbonymus'' is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae, containing some barb species. The genus was only established in 1999, with the tinfoil barb (''B. schwanenfeldii'') as type species; thus, these fish are sometimes collectively ...
'' (tinfoil barbs) ** '' Cosmochilus'' ** ''
Cyclocheilichthys ''Cyclocheilichthys'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae containing approximately eight valid species. They are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and China. Two additional species are alternately placed in the ge ...
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Discherodontus ''Discherodontus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fishes found in rivers and streams in Mainland Southeast Asia and Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approxim ...
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Kalimantania ''Kalimantania lawak'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Indonesia occurring on the islands of Borneo and Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Oce ...
'' ** '' Laocypris'' ** '' Mystacoleucus'' ** '' Parasikukia'' ** ''
Poropuntius ''Poropuntius'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found mainly in freshwater habitats of Southeast Asia and Yunnan in China, but ''P. burtoni'' is from South Asia. Several species have highly restricted ranges and are threatened, and a single ''P. spe ...
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Puntioplites ''Puntioplites'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations ...
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Sawbwa Chao-Pha (; Tai Ahom: 𑜋𑜧𑜨 𑜇𑜡, th, เจ้าฟ้า}, shn, ၸဝ်ႈၾႃႉ, translit=Jao3 Fa5 Jao3 Fa5, my, စော်ဘွား ''Sawbwa,'' ) was a royal title used by the hereditary rulers of the Tai peoples of ...
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Scaphognathops ''Scaphognathops'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia. Thai vernacular names are ''pla pak pian'' ( th, ปลาปากเปี่ยน), ''pla pian'' (ปลาเปี่ยน) or ''pla ta dam'' (ปลาตาดำ) ...
'' ** '' Sikukia'' ** '' Troglocyclocheilus'' * Tribe Acrossocheilini ** ''
Acrossocheilus ''Acrossocheilus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae, native to freshwater in China, Taiwan, Laos, and Vietnam. They are fairly small, no more than in standard length. Species There are currently 26 recognized species of ...
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Onychostoma ''Onychostoma'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. Species There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus: * ''Onychostoma alticorpus'' (Masamitsu Ōshima, Ōshima, 1920) (Taiwan ku fish) * ''Onychostoma angustistomata'' ...
'' * Tribe Spinibarbini ** ''
Spinibarbus ''Spinibarbus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven described species in this genus. Species * ''Spinibarbus babeensis'' Nguyễn Văn Hảo, V. H. Nguyễn, 2001 * ''Spinibarbus denticulatus'' (Masamits ...
'' ** '' Spinibarbichthys'' * Tribe Schizothoracini ** '' Aspiorhynchus'' ** '' Percocypris'' ** ''
Schizopyge ''Schizopyge'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in Pakistan and the northwestern part of India. ''Schizopyge'' is closely related to ''Schizothorax ''Schizothorax'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern and western China, t ...
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Schizothorax ''Schizothorax'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern and western China, through northern South Asia (Himalaya) and Central Asia, to Iran, with a single species, ''S. prophylax'', in Turkey.Yang, J.; J.X. Yang; and X.Y. Chen (2012). A re ...
'' (snowtrouts) * Tribe Schizopygopsini ** ''
Chuanchia ''Chuanchia labiosa'' is a species of cyprinid fish that is only found in the upper reaches of the Yellow River basin in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China, where it mostly inhabits slow-flowing cold waters at altitudes above . It is the only ...
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Diptychus ''Diptychus'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish, consisting of two species found in Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau of China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, ranging west to the Tien Shan Mountains and Central Asia.Li, G.; Y. Tang; R. Zhang; and ...
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Gymnocypris ''Gymnocypris'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to China. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Gymnocypris chilianensis'' S. C. Li & S. Y. Chang, 1974 * '' Gymnocypris chui'' T. L. Tchang, ...
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Gymnodiptychus ''Gymnodiptychus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in freshwater habitats in the highlands of China, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.Kustareva, L.A., and A.M. Naseka (2015). Fish diversity in Kyrgyzstan: Species composition, fisheries and management ...
'' ** '' Oreinus'' ** ''
Oxygymnocypris ''Oxygymnocypris stewartii'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Tibet and occurs in the Yarlung Tsangpo River (=upper Brahmaputra) and its tributaries at altitudes above in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is the only species in its genus. ...
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Ptychobarbus ''Ptychobarbus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in rivers, streams and lakes in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau of China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, extending into the highlands of Afghanistan. They reach up to in weight and about ...
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Schizopygopsis ''Schizopygopsis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish. Most species are endemic to river basins in the Himalayas and Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China, but ''S. stoliczkai'' extends into the highlands of Afghanistan, Iran, northern India, Kyrgyzstan, Pa ...
'' (snowtrouts) * Tribe Barbini ** '' Aulopyge'' (Dalmatian barbelgudgeon) ** ''
Barbus ''Barbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of ''Barbus'' is the common barbel, first described as ''Cyprinus barbus'' and now named ''Barbus barbus''. ''Barbus'' is the namesake genus of the subfamily Ba ...
'' (typical barbels and barbs) ** '' Hsianwenia'' ** ''
Caecocypris ''Caecocypris basimi'', the Haditha cavefish, is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Iraq, only occurring in aquifers near Haditha. This cavefish is the only member of its genus. The species is classed as Critically endangered, possibly extin ...
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Capoeta ''Capoeta'', also known as scrapers, is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Western Asia. The distribution extends from Turkey to the Levant, to Transcaucasia, Iraq, Turkmenistan , in Armenia,particularly in lake Sevan and northern ...
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Cyprinion ''Cyprinion'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. Species * '' Cyprinion acinaces'' Banister & M. A. Clarke, 1977 ** '' Cyprinion acinaces acinaces'' Banister & M. A. Clarke, 1977 ** '' Cyprinion acinaces hijazi'' Krupp, 1 ...
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Kantaka According to Buddhist legend, Kanthaka (in Pali and Sanskrit) (6th century BC, in Kapilvastu and Tilaurakot, Nepal) was a favourite white horse of length eighteen cubits that was a royal servant of Prince Siddhartha, who later became Gautam ...
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Luciobarbus ''Luciobarbus'' is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its members are found in fresh and brackish waters of southern Europe, northern Africa, the wider Near East, the Aral and Caspian Seas, and rivers associated with these. Se ...
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Scaphiodonichthys ''Scaphiodonichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares ...
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Schizocypris ''Schizocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern and south-western Asia. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Schizocypris altidorsalis'' Bianco & Bănărescu, 1982 * '' Schizocypris brucei'' Re ...
'' (snowtrouts) ** '' Semiplotus'' Subfamily Danioninae * Tribe Paedocypridini ** ''
Paedocypris ''Paedocypris'' is a genus of tiny cyprinid fish found in swamps and streams on the Southeast Asian islands of Borneo, Sumatra and Bintan. ''Paedocypris progenetica'' has been claimed to be the one of smallest known species of fish in the world ...
'' * Tribe Sundadanionini ** '' Fangfangia'' ** ''
Sundadanio ''Sundadanio'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes from freshwater habitats, typically peat swamps and blackwater streams, in Borneo and Sumatra (as well as nearby smaller islands) in southeast Asia. At up to in standard length they are very small, b ...
'' * Tribe Rasborini ** ''
Amblypharyngodon The carplets (''Amblypharyngodon'') are a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae. They are up to in total length and inhabit a wide range of slow-moving or stagnant freshwater habitats in South and Mainland Southeast Asia. Species There are 5 ...
'' (carplets) ** '' Boraras'' (rasboras) ** '' Brevibora'' ** ''
Horadandia ''Horadandia'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish from South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Banglade ...
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Kottelatia ''Kottelatia brittani'' is a species of cyprinid fish native to Sumatra and peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Ja ...
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Pectenocypris ''Pectenocypris'' is a genus of small fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to freshwater habitats in Borneo and Sumatra in Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the ...
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Rasbora ''Rasbora'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are native to freshwater habitats in South and akistan s_...
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Betadevario ''Betadevario ramachandrani'' is a species of cyprinid fish that is found only in the upper Seetha River drainage in Karnataka, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-larg ...
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Celestichthys ''Danio margaritatus'', the celestial pearl danio, often referred to in the aquarium trade as galaxy rasbora or ''Microrasbora'' sp. 'Galaxy',Clarke (2007b) is a small cyprinid from Myanmar. It has so far been found only in a very small area near ...
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Danio ''Danio'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae found in South and Southeast Asia, commonly kept in aquaria. They are generally characterised by a pattern of horizontal stripes, rows of spots or vertical bars. Some species ...
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Danionella ''Danionella'' is a genus of danionin fish found in freshwater habitats in Myanmar and West Bengal, India. It includes some of the smallest fishes. Distribution Four out of Five Described species of ''Danionella'' are found in Myanmar. ''D. tra ...
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Devario ''Devario'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae native to the rivers and streams of South and Southeast Asia. These fishes have short barbels and many species having vertical or horizontal stripes. These species consume various small ...
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Laubuka ''Laubuka'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in South and Southeast Asia. Species There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus: * '' Laubuka brahmaputraensis'' Kulabtong, Suksri & Nonpayom, 2012 Kulabtong, S., Suksri, S. & Nonpayo ...
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Microdevario ''Microdevario'' is a small genus of danionin cyprinids. It was recently described to include species previously in the genus '' Microrasbora''. 2009. Molecular phylogenetic interrelationships of the south Asian cyprinid genera ''Danio'', ''Deva ...
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Microrasbora ''Microrasbora'' is a genus of small fishes. The generic name means "small Rasbora", however these are more closely related to the danios than rasboras. They inhabit freshwater in Myanmar and Yunnan, China. Taxonomy ''Microrasbora'', until rec ...
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Aspidoparia ''Aspidoparia'' is a small genus of cyprinid fishes that are found in South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afg ...
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Chelaethiops ''Chelaethiops'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in lakes and rivers of Africa. While commonly called "sardines", they are not related to the true sardines of the family Clupeidae. There are currently five recognized species in this genus. ...
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Engraulicypris ''Engraulicypris'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae endemic to Africa. In a study of mitochondrial genealogy, the species formerly included in ''Mesobola'' are not phylogenetically separated from ''Engraulicypris'' and therefore shoul ...
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Esomus ''Esomus'', or flying barbs, are freshwater fish native to South and Mainland Southeast Asia. They are closely related to the genus ''Danio'' and are distinctive for their extremely long barbels. Species * '' Esomus ahli'' Hora & Mukerji, 19 ...
'' (flying barbs) ** '' Leptocypris'' ** '' Luciosoma'' ** ''
Malayochela ''Malayochela maassi'' Is a species of cyprinid fish found in Indonesia, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by ...
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Nematabramis ''Nematabramis'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish that occur in Borneo and the Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, R ...
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Neobola ''Neobola'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found mostly in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regio ...
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Opsaridium ''Opsaridium'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Africa. Currently, 12 species are in this genus. Species * '' Opsaridium boweni'' ( Fowler, 1930) * '' Opsaridium engrauloides'' ( Nichols, 1923) * '' Opsaridium leleupi'' ( Matthes, 1965) ...
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Opsarius Species * '' Opsarius barna'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (''Barilius barna'') * '' Opsarius barnoides'' Decio Vinciguerra, 1890 * '' Opsarius bernatziki'' Koumans, 1937 * '' Opsarius cocsa'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) * '' Opsarius koratensis'' ( H. M. Smith, ...
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Raiamas ''Raiamas'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fishes. The majority of the species are from Africa, but ''R. bola'' and ''R. guttatus '' are from South and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and ...
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Rastrineobola The silver cyprinid (''Rastrineobola argentea'') also known as the Lake Victoria sardine, mukene,and omena (native language), dagaa (swahili language) is a species of pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae from East Af ...
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Salmostoma The razorbelly minnows are a group of fish in the genus ''Salmostoma'' found in southern Asia. They have been placed in the genus ''Salmophasia'' but this is regarded as a junior synonym of ''Salmostoma''. Species There are currently 13 recogn ...
'' (razorbelly minnows) ** '' Securicula'' ** ''
Thryssocypris ''Thryssocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * ''Thryssocypris ornithostoma'' Maurice Kottelat, Kottelat, 1991 * ''Thryssocypris smaragdinus'' Tyson R. ...
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Leptobarbinae ''Leptobarbus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia. They are important food fish Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or f ...
* '' Leptobarbus'' Subfamily Xenocypridinae [incl.
Cultrinae The Cultrinae are one of at least 13 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains ten genera. Recognized genera * '' Anabarilius'' (21 species) * '' Ancherythroculter'' (5 species) * '' Chanodichthys'' (5 species) * '' Culter'' (4 species) * '' Cu ...
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Squaliobarbinae Squaliobarbinae is a small subfamily of the carp and minnow family, Cyprinidae, which consists of three monotypic genera which have their natural distributions in eastern Asia. Two species, the grass carp (''Ctenopharyngodon idella'') and the bl ...
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Squaliobarbus The barbel chub (''Squaliobarbus curriculus'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in China, North Korea, South Korea, eastern Russia, and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., ...
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Candidia ''Candidia'' is a genus of small cyprinid freshwater fish endemic to Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, wit ...
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Nipponocypris ''Nipponocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish containing three extant species, one endemic to Japan, one to South Korea while the third occurs in Japan, Korea and China. A fourth, extinct species is known from Middle Pleistocene The Pleis ...
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Opsariichthys ''Opsariichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in freshwater habitats in Mainland China (including Hainan), Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. There are currently 12 described species in the genus. Species There are 12 species, some with u ...
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Parazacco ''Parazacco'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, native to China and Vietnam. Species According to FishBase, there are currently two recognized species in this genus, but the Catalog of Fishes considers the first as a ...
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Xenocyprioides ''Xenocyprioides'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to ...
'' * Tribe Oxygastrini ** ''
Aphyocypris ''Aphyocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes consisting of eight species, all of which are restricted to East Asia. Species There are currently ten recognized species in this genus: * '' Aphyocypris amnis'' T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & H. ...
'' ** '' Araiocypris'' ** '' Gymnodanio'' ** '' Hemigrammocypris'' ** ''
Macrochirichthys ''Macrochirichthys macrochirus'', the long pectoral-fin minnow or giant sword minnow, is a species of cyprinid fish found in rivers and lakes in Southeast Asia (Vietnam and Thailand to the Greater Sundas) where it is used as a food fish. It is t ...
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Metzia ''Metzia'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. The genus is named in honor of the American ichthyologist Charles William Metz of Stanford University. Species There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus: * '' Me ...
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Oxygaster ''Oxygaster'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geosche ...
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Paralaubuca ''Paralaubuca'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical south-eastern regio ...
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Rasborichthys ''Rasborichthys helfrichii'' is a species of cyprinid fish found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asi ...
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Atrilinea ''Atrilinea'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes that contains only three species, all of which are endemic to China. Species * ''Atrilinea macrolepis ''Atrilinea macrolepis'' is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish ...
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Hypophthalmichthys ''Hypophthalmichthys'' is a genus of large cyprinid fish consisting of three species. The name comes from Greek ὑπό, (''hypó'') "below"; ὀφθαλμός (''ophthalmós''), "eye"; ἰχθῦς (''ichthŷs''), "fish", thus "fish with eyes bel ...
'' (bighead carps) ** '' Luciobrama'' ** ''
Mylopharyngodon ''Mylopharyngodon'' is a genus of fish belongs to the family Cyprinidae, it contains two species: the living black carp The black carp (''Mylopharyngodon piceus'') or Chinese black roach is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish and the sole ext ...
'' (black carp) ** '' Ochetobius'' * Tribe Xenocypridini ** Subtribe Xenocypridina *** ''
Distoechodon ''Distoechodon'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes that occur in East Asia, one species endemic to mainland China and the other in both mainland China and Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a Country, country in East As ...
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Pseudobrama ''Pseudobrama simoni'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China, and the only species in its genus. It is a pseudobream species living in fresh and brackish water in the Yangtze The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest ri ...
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Xenocypris ''Xenocypris'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven species in this genus, one, ''X. yushensis'', being known only from fossils, and one, ''X. yunnanensis'', which is critically endangered or recently exti ...
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Anabarilius ''Anabarilius'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, most of them only occurring in China. Many of the species have very restricted geographic range and have been negatively impacted by introduced species, fishing, and habitat ...
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Chanodichthys ''Chanodichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish, consisting of five species from eastern Asia (China, Mongolia, Russia and Vietnam). The name is derived from the Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greec ...
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Ischikauia ''Ischikauia steenackeri'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Lake Biwa in Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is borde ...
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Megalobrama ''Megalobrama'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of six species native to fresh water in China and eastern Russia. The name is derived from the Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Sou ...
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Parabramis The white Amur bream (''Parabramis pekinensis'') is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish, of the monotypic genus ''Parabramis''. It is native to eastern Asia, where found from the Amur River basin in Russia south to Ningpo and Shanghai in Chin ...
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Sinibrama ''Sinibrama'' is a small genus of cyprinid fishes, the five currently recognized species distributed in south China, Taiwan, Laos, and Vietnam. These are silvery fishes with deep, laterally compressed bodies, large eyes, and terminal mouths. They ...
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Hemiculter ''Hemiculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of eight species native to fresh water of eastern Asia (Siberia to Vietnam). The type species is the sharpbelly, ''Culter leucisculus''. The name is derived from the Greek word ''hemis'', m ...
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Hemiculter ''Hemiculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of eight species native to fresh water of eastern Asia (Siberia to Vietnam). The type species is the sharpbelly, ''Culter leucisculus''. The name is derived from the Greek word ''hemis'', m ...
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Pseudohemiculter ''Pseudohemiculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fish occurring in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which sha ...
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Pseudolaubuca ''Pseudolaubuca'' is a genus of cyprinid fish from eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the cont ...
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Toxabramis ''Toxabramis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the c ...
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Tincinae Tincinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, it consists of the tench of Eurasia and the east Asian clod minnows. Tinca tinca is a freshwater tincinae fish that is found in the Danube basin Genera There are ...
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Acheilognathinae The bitterling-like cyprinids form the cyprinid subfamily Acheilognathinae. This subfamily contains four genera, although the Khanka spiny bitterling is often placed in '' Acheilognathus'', and at least 71 described species to date. Over half of ...
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bitterling The bitterling-like cyprinids form the cyprinid subfamily Acheilognathinae. This subfamily contains four genera, although the Khanka spiny bitterling is often placed in '' Acheilognathus'', and at least 71 described species to date. Over half of ...
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Acanthorhodeus The Khanka spiny bitterling (''Acanthorhodeus chankaensis'') is a temperate freshwater fish belonging to the Acheilognathinae subfamily of the family Cyprinidae. It originates in the inland rivers in Asia, and is found in China, Korea, and Russ ...
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Acheilognathus ''Acheilognathus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish native to Asia. The name is derived from the Greek ''a'', meaning "without", the Greek ''cheilos'', meaning "lip", and the Greek ''gnathos'', meaning "jaw". Morphology Fishes of this genus have l ...
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Paratanakia ''Tanakia himantegus'' is a species of fishes in the family Cyprinidae found in China and Taiwan. Subspecies *''T. h. chii'' ('' Paratanakia himantegus chii'') (Miao, 1934):China mainland and Taiwan *''T. h. himantegus'' ('' Paratanakia himante ...
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Pseudorhodeus The Tokyo bitterling (''Tanakia tanago'') is a temperate freshwater fish of the carp family (Cyprinidae). Taxonomically, it belongs to the subfamily Acheilognathinae. The species was first described as ''Rhodeus tanago'' by Shigeho Tanaka in 19 ...
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Rhodeus ''Rhodeus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 23 species called bitterlings. The scientific name is derived from the Greek word ', meaning "rose". Most species in the genus are restricted to Asia, but two species are found in Europe ( ...
'' * '' Tanakia'' Subfamily Gobioninae * '' Hemibarbus''-''
Squalidus ''Squalidus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in eastern Asia. There are currently 14 described species in this genus. Species * ''Squalidus argentatus'' (Henri Émile Sauvage, Sauvage & Claude Philibert Dabry de Thiersant, Dabry de Thi ...
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Belligobio ''Belligobio'' is a small genus of cyprinid fishes containing two recognized species endemic to China. The type species of ''Belligobio'' is ''Belligobio eristigma'', a synonym of '' Hemibarbus mylodon'', and this taxa is not currently classified ...
'' ** '' Hemibarbus'' (steeds) ** ''
Squalidus ''Squalidus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in eastern Asia. There are currently 14 described species in this genus. Species * ''Squalidus argentatus'' (Henri Émile Sauvage, Sauvage & Claude Philibert Dabry de Thiersant, Dabry de Thi ...
'' * Tribe Gobionini ** Subtribe Gobiobotiina *** '' Gobiobotia'' *** ''
Xenophysogobio ''Xenophysogobio'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are currently two described species in this genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well ...
'' ** Subtribe Gobionina *** ''
Gobio ''Gobio'' is a genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae many of which are endemics of south-eastern Europe. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm. Many species previously in ''Gob ...
'' (typical gudgeons) *** '' Mesogobio'' *** ''
Romanogobio ''Romanogobio'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Europe and Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares t ...
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Acanthogobio ''Acanthogobio guentheri'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China. It is only found in the Yellow and Sinin Rivers, and is the only recognized species in its genus. It reaches up to a length of 20 cm. Named in honor of the German-born ...
'' ** Subtribe Armatogobionina *** '' Abbottina'' (false gudgeons) *** '' Biwia'' *** ?'' Huigobio'' *** '' Microphysogobio'' *** '' Platysmacheilus'' *** '' Pseudogobio'' *** '' Saurogobio'' * Tribe Sarcocheilichthyini ** '' Coreius'' ** ''
Coreoleuciscus ''Coreoleuciscus'' is a genus of fish from the cyprinid family endemic to rivers of the Korean peninsula Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with ...
'' (Korean splendid dace) ** '' Gnathopogon'' ** ''
Gobiocypris ''Gobiocypris rarus'' is a freshwater species of cyprinid fish endemic to China where it is only found near Jiuxiang in Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; former ...
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Paracanthobrama ''Paracanthobrama guichenoti'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are ...
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Paraleucogobio ''Paraleucogobio notacanthus'' is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most pop ...
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Pseudopungtungia ''Pseudopungtungia'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Korea and China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populou ...
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Pseudorasbora ''Pseudorasbora'' is a genus of small freshwater fish native to eastern Asia, including China, Korea, Japan and Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, ...
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Pungtungia ''Pungtungia'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Eastern Asia. There are currently three described species in this genus. Species There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Pungtungia herzi'' Herzenstein, 1892 * '' Pung ...
'' ** '' Rhinogobio'' ** ''
Sarcocheilichthys ''Sarcocheilichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia. There are currently 12 species in the genus. Species * ''Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis'' Kazumi Hosoya, K. Hosoya, 1982 * ''Sarcocheilichthys caobangensis'' Nguyễn Văn ...
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Tanichthys ''Tanichthys'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. They are native to rivers and streams in China and Vietnam. Until recently, the type species, ''T. albonubes,'' was the only one known. In 2001 ...
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Alburninae Alburninae is a small subfamily of the carp and minnow family of ray-finned fish, the Cyprinidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously considered to be part of the Leuciscinae, but if the three Alburninae genera are included in that subfa ...
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Oreoleuciscus ''Oreoleuciscus'' is a genus of medium to large cyprinid freshwater fish which is only found in Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by ...
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Phoxinus ''Phoxinus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae of order Cypriniformes, and the only members of the subfamily Phoxininae, or Eurasian minnows. The type species is '' Phoxinus phoxinus''. The other species in this genus are ...
'' (Eurasian minnows and daces) ** ''
Pseudaspius ''Pseudaspius leptocephalus'', the Redfin, is a species of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia where it occurs in the countries of Russia, Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; literal translation, lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of M ...
'' * Tribe Laviniini ** Subtribe Chrosomina *** ''
Chrosomus ''Chrosomus'' is a genus of small cyprinid fish found in freshwater habitats in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. There are currently seven recognized species in this genus. They have sometimes been included in '' Phoxinus''. They ...
'' (typical daces) ** Subtribe Laviniina *** '' Eremichthys'' (desert dace) *** '' Gila'' (western chubs) *** ''
Hesperoleucus The California roach (''Hesperoleucus symmetricus'') is a cyprinid fish native to western North America and abundant in the intermittent streams throughout central California. Once considered the sole member of its genus, it has recently been sp ...
'' (California roach) *** '' Klamathella'' *** '' Lavinia'' (hitch) *** ''
Mylopharodon ''Mylopharadon conocephalus'', known as the hardhead, is a freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows, which is endemic to California. It is the sole member of the monotypic genus ''Mylopharadon''. Description ...
'' (hardhead) *** '' Orthodon'' (Sacramento blackfish) *** ''
Ptychocheilus Pikeminnows, formerly squawfish, are cyprinid fish of the genus ''Ptychocheilus'' consisting of four species native to western North America. Voracious predators, they are considered an "undesirable" species in many waters, largely due to the spe ...
'' (pikeminnows) *** ''
Relictus The relict dace (''Relictus solitarius'') is a cyprinid fish of the Great Basin of western North America. It is the sole member of its genus. Relict dace coloration is variable, but generally dusky overall, with olive and brassy shades dorsally. ...
'' (relict dace) *** '' Siphateles'' * Tribe Leuciscini ** '' Pachychilon'' clade *** '' Pachychilon'' ** ''
Alburnoides ''Alburnoides'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes native to Europe and Asia. Many species are known as riffle minnows or spirlins. Species There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus: * '' Alburnoides bipunctatus'' ( Bloch, 1782) * '' Al ...
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Alburnoides ''Alburnoides'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes native to Europe and Asia. Many species are known as riffle minnows or spirlins. Species There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus: * '' Alburnoides bipunctatus'' ( Bloch, 1782) * '' Al ...
'' ** Primitive Leuciscine clade *** ''
Delminichthys ''Delminichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish which is found in the karst region of the Balkans, Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geograph ...
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Leucalburnus ''Leucalburnus satunini'', the mountain dace or White Kura bleak , is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the ...
'' *** '' Notemigonus'' (golden shiner) *** '' Pelasgus'' ** Subtribe Leuciscina *** ''
Aspiolucius ''Aspiolucius esocinus'' or the pike asp is a species of cyprinid fish native to rivers, such as Amu Darya and Syr Darya, and occasionally lakes in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, where it was a common fish until 1980s. Afte ...
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Leuciscus ''Leuciscus'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are inland water fishes commonly called Eurasian daces. The genus is widespread from Europe to Siberia. Species broadly distributed in Europe include the common dace '' ...
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Pelecus ''Pelecus cultratus'', commonly known as the ziege, sichel, sabre carp or sabrefish, is a cyprinid fish species from Eastern Europe and adjacent Asian regions, the only one in its genus, inhabiting the lower reaches of rivers and brackish waters ...
'' (sabre carp) ** Subtribe Abramina *** ''
Abramis The common bream, freshwater bream, bream, bronze bream, carp bream or sweaty bream (''Abramis brama''), is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is now considered to be the only species in the genus ''Abramis''. ...
'' (common bream) *** ''
Acanthobrama ''Acanthobrama'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae found mostly in the Near East. Species * '' Acanthobrama centisquama'' Heckel, 1843 * '' Acanthobrama hadiyahensis'' Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983 * †'' Acanthobrama ...
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Capoetobrama ''Capoetobrama kuschakewitschi'' is a cyprinid fish that is found in Central Asia, in a region shared by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекис ...
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Mirogrex ''Mirogrex'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae found only in Israel and Syria. Species * '' Mirogrex hulensis'' Goren, Fishelson & Trewavas, 1973 (Hula bream) * '' Mirogrex terraesanctae'' Steinitz, 1952 (Kinneret bleak ...
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Vimba ''Vimba'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Europe and western Asia. There are currently four described species. Species * '' Vimba elongata'' (Valenciennes, 1844) (Bavarian vimba) * '' Vimba melanops'' ( Heckel, 1837) (Macedonian v ...
'' (Vimbas) ** Subtribe Chondrostomina *** ''
Achondrostoma ''Achondrostoma'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.Robalo, J. I., et al. (2007)Re-examination and phylogeny of the genus ''Chondrostoma'' based on mitochondrial ...
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Alburnus ''Alburnus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks. A group of species in the genus is known as shemayas. The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm, and the center of diversit ...
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Anaecypris ''Anaecypris hispanica'', the Spanish minnowcarp, is a small species of ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. It is the only living member of the genus ''Anaecypris''. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula and is found in the basin of ...
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Chondrostoma ''Chondrostoma'' (from the Ancient Greek roots (''khondros'') 'lump' + (''stoma'') 'mouth' = 'lump-mouth') is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are commonly known as nases, although this term is also used locally to de ...
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Iberochondrostoma ''Iberochondrostoma'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Ib ...
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Leucos ''Leucos'' is a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae, from Southern Europe. They are carp close to the genus '' Rutilus'', and were only recently taxonomically distinguished from that genus.Bianco, P.G., Ketmaier, V. (2014)A revision of the ...
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Parachondrostoma ''Parachondrostoma'' is a genus of cyprinid fish found mostly in Spain with one species entering France. There are currently four species in this genus. Species There are currently four recognized species in this genus: * '' Parachondrostoma ar ...
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Petroleuciscus ''Petroleuciscus'' is a genus of four species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It was usually included in '' Leuciscus'' until recently. This genus unites the Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces. Recent research has indicated that ''Petrol ...
'' (Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces) *** '' Phoxinellus'' *** '' Protochondrostoma'' (South European nase) *** ''
Pseudochondrostoma ''Pseudochondrostoma'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in the Iberian Peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * ...
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Pseudophoxinus ''Pseudophoxinus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Western Asia. Species There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus: * '' Pseudophoxinus alii'' Küçük, 2007 (Pamphylian spring minnow) * '' Pseudophoxinus anat ...
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Rutilus ''Rutilus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Eurasia. This genus is a widely distributed lineage of cyprinids and ranges from West Europe to East Siberia. Species In FishBase (2022), nine species are included in the genus: ...
'' (roaches) *** '' Sarmarutilus'' *** '' Scardinius'' (rudds) *** ''
Squalius ''Squalius'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Europe and Asia. Hybridization is not rare in the Cyprinidae, including this genus. '' S. alburnoides'' is known to be of ancient hybrid origin, with the paternal lineage deriving ...
'' (European chubs) *** ''
Telestes ''Telestes'' is a genus of cyprinid fish. It was formerly usually included in ''Leuciscus ''Leuciscus'' is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are inland water fishes commonly called Eurasian daces. The genus is widespr ...
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Tropidophoxinellus ''Tropidophoxinellus'' is a genus of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest ...
'' * Tribe Plagiopterini ** '' Couesius'' (lake chub) ** ''
Hemitremia The flame chub (''Hemitremia flammea'') is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae found only in the United States. Its range broadly follows the Tennessee River from above Knoxville, Tennessee, to the mouth of the Duck River. Hist ...
'' (flame chub) ** ''
Lepidomeda ''Lepidomeda'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, commonly known as the spinedaces, found in western North America. Of the four known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the leatherside chub and the spiked ...
'' (spinedaces) ** '' Margariscus'' (pearl daces) ** ''
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Plagopterus The woundfin (''Plagopterus argentissimus'') is a species of minnow endemic to the Virgin River of the southwestern United States. It is the only species in the monotypic genus ''Plagopterus''. Description The woundfin is a small slender, silve ...
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Rhynchocypris ''Rhynchocypris'' is a genus of fairly small Eurasian cyprinid fishes. There are currently seven described species in this genus. Species * ''Rhynchocypris czekanowskii'' (Benedykt Dybowski, Dybowski, 1869) (Czekanowski's minnow) * ''Rhynchocyp ...
'' (Eurasian minnows) ** ''
Semotilus ''Semotilus'' is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the common creek chub, ''S. atromaculatus''. The creek chub species of minnows can ...
'' (creek chubs) **
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Stypodon The stumptooth minnow (''Stypodon signifer'') is an extinct species of cyprinid fish. It was found only in Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It ...
'' (stumptooth minnow) * Tribe Pogonichthyini ** Subtribe Pogonichthyina *** '' Clinostomus'' (redside daces) *** '' Iotichthys'' (least chub) *** '' Mylocheilus'' (peamouth) *** ''
Pogonichthys The splittails are a genus ''Pogonichthys'' of cyprinid fish, consisting of two species native to western North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is ...
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Richardsonius ''Richardsonius'' is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of two species native to western North America. Commonly known as redside shiners, that term is also used to refer to ''Richardsonius balteatus'' specifically. The genus is named after na ...
'' (redside shiners) ** Subtribe Exoglossina *** '' Exoglossum'' (cutlips minnows) *** ''
Oregonichthys ''Oregonichthys'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a Family (biology), family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the ba ...
'' (Oregon chubs) *** ''
Pararhinichthys The cheat minnow (''Pararhinichthys bowersi'') is a demersal, freshwater fish endemic to the United States, most commonly found in the Ohio River basin. It is the only species in the genus Pararhinichthys. Its taxonomic status is debatable and ' ...
'' (cheat minnow) *** ''
Rhinichthys ''Rhinichthys'', known as the riffle daces, is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family (Cyprinidae) of the order Cypriniformes. The type species is '' Rhinichthys atratulus'', the blacknose dace. ''Rhinichthys'' species range throughout No ...
'' (riffle daces, loach minnows) *** ''
Tiaroga The loach minnow (''Rhinichthys cobitis'') is a species of freshwater fish. It is a member of the carp family (family Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. It occurs in streams and small rivers throughout the Gila River and San Pedro River systems ...
'' ** Subtribe Campostomina *** ''
Campostoma ''Campostoma'', the stonerollers, is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. There are currently six species recognized for this genus. Species * '' Campostoma anomalum'' ( Rafinesque, 1820) (Central stoneroller) * '' Campostoma oligol ...
'' (stonerollers) *** ''
Nocomis ''Nocomis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish native to North America. There are currently seven described species in this genus. Species * '' Nocomis asper'' Lachner & R. E. Jenkins, 1971 (Redspot chub) * '' Nocomis biguttatus'' ( Kirtland, 1840) ...
'' (hornyhead chubs) ** Subtribe Hybognathina *** ''
Agosia The longfin dace (''Agosia chrysogaster'') is a leuciscid fish that is found in western North America in the United States and Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion o ...
'' (longfin dace) *** '' Alburnops'' *** ''
Algansea ''Algansea'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Leuciscidae, distributed in the Lerma– Chapala– Grande de Santiago, Pátzcuaro, Armería, Ameca, Ayutla and Tuxpan basins in west-central Mexico (mostly Jalisco, but also surroundin ...
'' (Mexican chubs) *** ?'' Aztecula'' (Aztec chub) *** ?''
Ballerus ''Ballerus'' is a genus of cyprinid fish containing two Eurasian species. Species * ''Ballerus ballerus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (Zope) * '' Ballerus sapa'' (Pallas Pallas may refer to: Astronomy * 2 Pallas asteroid ** Pallas family, a group of as ...
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Blicca ''Blicca bjoerkna'', alternatively called the white bream or the silver bream, is a European species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. Distribution ''Blicca bjoerkna'' is distributed across most of Europe and in adjacent Western Asia ...
'' (silver bream) *** ''
Codoma The ornate shiner (''Codoma ornata'') is a cyprinid fish endemic to Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the Unite ...
'' (ornate shiner) *** ''
Cyprinella ''Cyprinella'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known as the satinfin shiners. They are native to North America, and some are among the most common freshwater fish species on the eastern side of the con ...
'' (satinfin shiners) *** ''
Dionda ''Dionda'' is the genus of desert minnows, small fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are native to fresh waters in the United States and Mexico. Their range is centered in the Rio Grande basin, but they also occur in associated systems ...
'' (desert minnows) *** ?'' Ericymba'' (longjaw minnows) *** ''
Erimonax Spotfin chub (''Cyprinella monacha'') is a ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae that is endemic to the Tennessee River watershed. Its other common names include turquoise shiner and chromium shiner. Appearance and anatomy Spotfin chub have an ...
'' *** '' Erimystax'' (slender chubs) ***
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Evarra ''Evarra'' was a genus of small ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. All species in the genus were restricted to waters in the Valley of Mexico and are now extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of k ...
'' (Mexican daces) *** '' Graodus'' *** '' Hudsonius'' *** '' Hybognathus'' (silvery minnows) *** '' Hybopsis'' (bigeye chubs) *** ?''
Iberocypris ''Squalius'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Europe and Asia. Hybridization is not rare in the Cyprinidae, including this genus. '' S. alburnoides'' is known to be of ancient hybrid origin, with the paternal lineage deriving ...
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Ladigesocypris ''Ladigesocypris'' is a small genus of freshwater ray-finned fish from the carp and minnow family, Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and r ...
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Luxilus ''Luxilus'' is a genus of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most ...
'' (highscale shiners) *** '' Lythrurus'' (finescale shiners) *** ''
Macrhybopsis ''Macrhybopsis'', the blacktail chubs, is a genus of cyprinid fish that are found in North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north ...
'' (blacktail chubs) *** '' Miniellus'' *** ?'' Moapa'' (moapa dace) *** ''
Notropis ''Notropis'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are known commonly as eastern shiners.''Not ...
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Opsopoeodus The pugnose minnow (''Opsopoeodus emiliae'') is a species of cyprinid fish found in the eastern North America. There are two recognized subspecies with the subspecies from Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of t ...
'' (pugnose minnow) *** ''
Phenacobius ''Phenacobius'', the suckermouth minnows, is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to the United States. Historically the suckermouth minnow was not found as far eastward as Ohio, now they seem to be a stable species living throughout the Midwest an ...
'' (suckermouth minnows) *** '' Pimephales'' (bluntnose minnows) *** ''
Platygobio The flathead chub (''Platygobio gracilis'') is a species of fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus ''Platygobio''.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Eds. (2011)''Platygobio''.FishBase. It is native to North Ameri ...
'' (flathead chub) *** ''
Pteronotropis ''Pteronotropis'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemism, endemic to the United States. Characteristics The genus is characterized by a broad dark blue stripe along the side. The genus has large anal and dorsal fins, as well as a compressed body ...
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Snyderichthys ''Lepidomeda'' is a genus of cyprinid fish, commonly known as the spinedaces, found in western North America. Of the four known species, one is extinct and two are threatened. They appear to be fairly close to the leatherside chub and the spiked ...
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Tampichthys ''Tampichthys'' is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to east–central Mexico. They are entirely restricted to the Pánuco River basin, except ''T. ipni'' which also occurs in some other Mexican rivers that drain into the Gulf of Mexico. These ar ...
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Tribolodon ''Tribolodon'' (Redfin dace) is a genus of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the larg ...
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* '' Acanthalburnus'' (bleaks) * '' Acrocheilus'' (chiselmouth) * ''
Ancherythroculter ''Ancherythroculter'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes that occur in eastern Asia in China and Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at th ...
'' * '' Anchicyclocheilus'' * '' Gibelion'' (catla) (some authorities consider this species to belong in the genus ''Catla'') * ''
Cultrichthys ''Cultrichthys compressocorpus'' is a species of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is ...
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Discocheilus ''Discocheilus'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to ...
'' * '' Discolabeo'' * ''
Hemiculterella ''Hemiculterella'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in eastern Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which sha ...
'' * '' Herzensteinia'' * ''
Horalabiosa ''Horalabiosa''Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.) (2004) Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of January 2004., Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in January 2004. is a disputed genus of cyprinid fish found only in India. There are curre ...
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Megarasbora ''Megarasbora elanga'' ( bn, এলং), commonly known as the Bengala barb is a fish of the carp family Cyprinidae, found commonly in rivers and freshwater lakes in and around Bangladesh. It reaches a maximum length of . It is a valued food fish ...
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Neobarynotus ''Neobarynotus microlepis'' is a species of cyprinid fish found is Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United N ...
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Paracrossochilus ''Paracrossochilus'' is a genus of cyprinid fishes containing two species, both of which are endemic to Borneo. Species * '' Paracrossochilus acerus'' Inger & P. K. Chin, 1962 * '' Paracrossochilus vittatus'' (Boulenger Boulenger is a surname. ...
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Phreatichthys ''Phreatichthys andruzzii'', a species of cyprinid fish, is the only species of the genus ''Phreatichthys'', and is endemic to Somalia. This cave-adapted fish is whitish (not pigmented) and blind. It is considered to have evolved in the cave en ...
'' (Somalian cavefish) * '' Placogobio'' * '' Scardinius'' (rudds) * ''
Tropidophoxinellus ''Tropidophoxinellus'' is a genus of cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest ...
'' * '' Typhlogarra'' (Iraq blind barb) * '' Zacco''


See also

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List of fish families This is a list of fish families sorted alphabetically by scientific name. There are 525 families in the list. __NOTOC__ A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - ...


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