''Cirrhinus'' 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 is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest v ...
, the carps and minnows. Members of this genus are native to freshwater in
South Asia
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,
Indochina
Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...
and southern
China.
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''Cirrhinus'' species list.
FishBase. 2011.
Species
There are about 10 species in the genus.
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* '']Cirrhinus cirrhosus
The mrigal carp (''Cirrhinus cirrhosus''), ( bn, মৃগেল, translit=mrigél) also known as the white carp, is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp family. Native to streams and rivers in India, the only surviving wild population is in ...
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A–F
* (1859-1914), French rabbi
* Adele Bloch-Bauer (1881-1925), Austrian entrepreneur
* Albert Bloch (1882–1961), American painter
* (born 1972), German motor jour ...
, 1795) (mrigal carp)
* '' Cirrhinus fulungee'' ( Sykes, 1839) (Deccan white carp)
* '' Cirrhinus jullieni'' Sauvage, 1878
* '' Cirrhinus macrops'' Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1870 (hora white carp)
* '' Cirrhinus microlepis'' Sauvage Sauvage, French for "savage" may refer to:
; as a surname:
* Catherine Sauvage (1929–1998), a French singer and actress
* Cyrille Sauvage (born 1973), a French racing driver
* Frédéric Sauvage (1786–1857), a French boat builder who carried ...
, 1878 (smallscale mud carp)
* '' Cirrhinus molitorella'' (Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...
, 1844) (mud carp)
* '' Cirrhinus mrigala'' ( Hamilton, 1822)
* '' Cirrhinus reba'' (Hamilton, 1822) (reba carp)
* '' Cirrhinus rubirostris'' Roberts, 1997
References
Cyprinidae genera
Cyprinid fish of Asia
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