Cyprinid
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The family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...

 kyprînos (κυπρῖνος, "carp"), consists of the carp
Carp
Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to Europe and Asia. The cypriniformes are traditionally grouped with the Characiformes, Siluriformes and Gymnotiformes to create the superorder Ostariophysi, since these groups have certain...

s, the true minnow
Minnow
Minnow is a general term used to refer to small freshwater and saltwater fish, especially those used as bait fish or for fishing bait. More specifically, it refers to small freshwater fish of the carp family.-True minnows:...

s, and their relatives (for example, the barbs and barbels). Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids. It is the largest family of fresh-water fish, with over 2,400 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 in about 220 genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

. The family belongs to the order Cypriniformes
Cypriniformes
The Cypriniformes are an order of ray-finned fish, including the carps, minnows, loaches and relatives. This order contains 5-6 families, over 320 genera, and more than 3,250 species, with new species being described every few months or so, and new genera being recognized regularly...

, of whose genera and species the cyprinids make up two-thirds.

Description

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
Pharyngeal teeth
Pharyngeal teeth are teeth in the pharyngeal arch of the throat of cyprinids, suckers, and a number of other fish species lacking teeth.Popular aquarium fish such as goldfish and loaches have these structures. Members of the Botia genus such as clown loaches are known to make distinctive clicking...

 allow the fish to make chewing motions against a chewing plate formed by a procession of the skull. The pharyngheal teeth are species specific and are used by specialists to determine the species. Strong pharyncheal teeth allow fish like the common carp
Common carp
The Common carp is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia. The wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction, but the species has also been domesticated and introduced into environments worldwide, and is often considered an invasive...

 and ide to eat hard baits like snails and bivalves.

Hearing is a well-developed sense, since the cyprinds have the Weberian organ, three specialized vertebra processions that transfer motion of the gas bladder
Gas bladder
The swim bladder, gas bladder, fish maw or air bladder is an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of a fish to control its buoyancy, and thus to stay at the current water depth without having to waste energy in swimming...

 to the inner ear. This construction is also used to observe motion of the gas bladder due to atmospheric conditions or depth changes. The cyprinids are physostome
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. In contrast, fishes without any connection to their gas bladder are called Physoclisti. The physostome fish encompass the...

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 excess gas to the gut.

The fish in this family are native to North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

, and Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...

. The largest cyprinid in this family is the Giant Barb
Giant Barb
The giant barb or Siamese giant carp, Catlocarpio siamensis , is the largest species of carp in the world. These migratory fish are found only in the Mae Klong, Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins...

 (Catlocarpio siamensis), which may grow up to 3 metres (9.8 ft). The largest North American species is the Colorado Pikeminnow
Colorado pikeminnow
The Colorado pikeminnow Ptychocheilus lucius is the largest cyprinid fish of North America and one of the largest in the world, with reports of individuals up to 6 ft long and weighing over 100 pounds...

 (Ptychocheilus lucius), of which individuals up to 6 feet (1.8 m) long and weighing over 100 pounds (45.4 kg) have been recorded.

On the other hand, many species are smaller than 5 centimetres (2 in). As of 2008, the smallest known freshwater fish is a cypriniform, Danionella translucida
Danionella translucida
Danionella translucida is an extremely small species of cyprinid fish endemic to Myanmar. When described, it was considered to be the smallest freshwater vertebrate. It was collected from the roots of floating aquatic plants in a slow-flowing, shallow stream in the Pegu Division of Myanmar...

, reaching 12 millimetre (0.47244094488189 in) at the longest. All fish in this family are egg-layers and most do not guard their eggs, however, there are a few species that build nests and/or guard the eggs. The bitterling-like cyprinids (Acheilognathinae) are notable for depositing their eggs in bivalve molluscs, where the young grow up until able to fend for themselves.
Most cyprinids feed mainly on invertebrates and vegetation probably due to the lack of teeth and stomach, but some species like the Asp
Asp (fish)
The Asp is a European freshwater fish of the Cyprinid family. It is protected by the Bern Convention of endangered species and habitats . Asps are also on the IUCN Red List of endangered species....

 specialize in fish. Many species ide, common rudd will eat small fish however when reaching a certain size. Even small species like the moderlieschen
Moderlieschen
The Moderlieschen or Belica is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. Formerly, its genus Leucaspius included some other species, but these have all been moved to Ladigesocypris or Pseudophoxinus or merged with L...

 eat larvae of the common frog
Common Frog
The Common Frog, Rana temporaria also known as the European Common Frog or European Common Brown Frog is found throughout much of Europe as far north as well north of the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia and as far east as the Urals, except for most of Iberia, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans...

 in artificial circumstances.

Some fishes, such as the grass carp
Grass carp
The grass carp is a herbivorous, freshwater fish species of family Cyprinidae, and the only species of the genus Ctenopharyngodon. It is cultivated in China for food, but was introduced in Europe and the United States for aquatic weed control...

, are specialized in eating vegetation, some, such as the common nase, eat algae from hard surfaces, some, such as the black carp
Black carp
The black carp is a species of cyprinid fish indigenous to China, and widely cultivated for food and Chinese medicine. It is the sole species of the genus Mylopharyngodon. The black carp grows to a length of up to three feet , and over 70 pounds , generally feeding on snails and mussels...

, specialize in snails, and some, such as the silver carp
Silver carp
The silver carp is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish, a variety of Asian carp native to north and northeast Asia. It is cultivated in China....

, are specialized filter feeders. For this reason, they are often introduced as a management tool to control various factors in the aquatic environment, such as aquatic vegetation and diseases transmitted by snails.

Relationship with humans

Cyprinids are highly important food fish; they are fished
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 and farmed
Fish farming
Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that releases young fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species'...

 across Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...

. In land-locked countries in particular, cyprinids are often the major species of fish eaten because they make the largest part of biomass
Biomass
Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....

 in most water types except for fast flowing rivers. In non-landlocked countries they are not very much appreciated due to the high number of bones. In Eastern Europe they are often prepared with traditional methods like drying and salting. The prevalence of inexpensive frozen
Frozen food
Freezing food preserves it from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved their game and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing food slows down decomposition by turning water to ice, making it...

 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 recreational fishing
Angling
Angling is a method of fishing by means of an "angle" . The hook is usually attached to a fishing line and the line is often attached to a fishing rod. Fishing rods are usually fitted with a fishing reel that functions as a mechanism for storing, retrieving and paying out the line. The hook itself...

, and have been deliberately stocked in ponds and lakes for centuries for this reason.

Cyprinids are popular for angling especially for match fishing (due to their dominance in biomass and numbers) and fishing for common carp
Common carp
The Common carp is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia. The wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction, but the species has also been domesticated and introduced into environments worldwide, and is often considered an invasive...

 because of its size and strength.

Several cyprinids have been introduced to waters outside their natural range to provide food, sport, or biological control for some pest species. The Common Carp
Common carp
The Common carp is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia. The wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction, but the species has also been domesticated and introduced into environments worldwide, and is often considered an invasive...

 (Cyprinus carpio) and the Grass Carp
Grass carp
The grass carp is a herbivorous, freshwater fish species of family Cyprinidae, and the only species of the genus Ctenopharyngodon. It is cultivated in China for food, but was introduced in Europe and the United States for aquatic weed control...

 (Ctenopharyngodon idella) are the most important of these, for example in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

. In some cases, these have become invasive species
Invasive species
"Invasive species", or invasive exotics, is a nomenclature term and categorization phrase used for flora and fauna, and for specific restoration-preservation processes in native habitats, with several definitions....

 that compete with native fishes or disrupt the environment. Carp in particular can stir up sediment
Sediment
Sediment is naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of fluids such as wind, water, or ice, and/or by the force of gravity acting on the particle itself....

, reducing the clarity of the water and making it difficult for plants to grow.

Numerous cyprinids have become important in the aquarium
Fishkeeping
Fishkeeping is a popular hobby concerned with keeping fish in a home aquarium or garden pond. There is also a fishkeeping industry, as a branch of agriculture.-Types of fishkeeping systems:...

 hobby, most famously the Goldfish
Goldfish
The goldfish is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated, and is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish....

, which was bred in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

 from the Prussian Carp
Prussian carp
The Prussian carp, silver Prussian carp or Gibel carp , is a member of the family Cyprinidae, which includes many other fish, such as the common carp, and the smaller minnows...

 (Carassius (auratus) gibelio). First imported into Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

 around 1728, it was much fancied by Chinese nobility as early as 1150 AD and after it arrived there in 1502, also in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. In the latter country, from the 18th century onwards the Common Carp was bred into the ornamental variety known as koi
Koi
or more specifically , are ornamental varieties of domesticated common carp that are kept for decorative purposes in outdoor koi ponds or water gardens....

 – or more accurately nishikigoi (錦鯉), as koi (鯉) simply means "Common Carp" in Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

.

Other popular aquarium cyprinids include danionin
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 and Devario. They are native to the fresh waters of southeast Asia. Many species are brightly coloured and are available as aquarium fish worldwide...

s, rasborines and true barbs. Larger species are bred by the thousands in outdoor ponds, particularly in Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

, and trade in these aquarium fishes is of considerable commercial importance. The small rasborines and danionines are perhaps only rivalled by characids and poecilid livebearers
Poeciliidae
Poeciliidae is a family of fresh-water fish which are live-bearing aquarium fish . They belong to the order Cyprinodontiformes, tooth-carps, and include well-known aquarium fish such as the guppy, molly, platy, and swordtail...

 in their popularity for community aquaria.

One particular species of these small and undemanding danionines is the Zebrafish (Danio rerio). It has become the standard model species for studying developmental genetics of vertebrate
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are animals that are members of the subphylum Vertebrata . Vertebrates are the largest group of chordates, with currently about 58,000 species described. Vertebrates include the jawless fishes, bony fishes, sharks and rays, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds...

s, in particular fish.

Habitat destruction
Habitat destruction
Habitat destruction is the process in which natural habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species present. In this process, the organisms that previously used the site are displaced or destroyed, reducing biodiversity. Habitat destruction by human activity mainly for the purpose of...

 and other causes have reduced the wild stocks of several cyprinids to dangerously low levels; some are already entirely extinct. In particular, Leuciscinae
Leuciscinae
Leuciscinae, commonly known as true minnows, are a subfamily of small fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae.However, the term minnow is also used as an unspecific term for tiny freshwater and saltwater fish, especially those used as fishing bait....

 from southwestern North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 have been hit hard by pollution
Pollution
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...

 and unsustainable water use in the early-mid 20th century; most globally extinct Cypriniformes
Cypriniformes
The Cypriniformes are an order of ray-finned fish, including the carps, minnows, loaches and relatives. This order contains 5-6 families, over 320 genera, and more than 3,250 species, with new species being described every few months or so, and new genera being recognized regularly...

 species are in fact Leuciscinae from the southwestern United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and northern Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

.

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. It is obvious that some distinct lineages exist – for example, Cultrinae
Cultrinae
The Cultrinae are a subfamily of cyprinid fish.-Recognized Genera:* Chanodichthys* Culter* Erythroculter* Hemiculter* Ischikauia* Megalobrama* Parabramis – White Amur Bream* Sinibrama...

 and Leuciscinae
Leuciscinae
Leuciscinae, commonly known as true minnows, are a subfamily of small fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae.However, the term minnow is also used as an unspecific term for tiny freshwater and saltwater fish, especially those used as fishing bait....

, regardless of their exact delimitation, are rather close relatives and stand apart from Cyprininae –, but the overall systematics
Systematics
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of terrestrial life, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees...

 and taxonomy
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...

 of the Cyprinidae remain a subject of considerable debate. A large number of genera
Genera
Genera is a commercial operating system and development environment for Lisp machines developed by Symbolics. It is essentially a fork of an earlier operating system originating on the MIT AI Lab's Lisp machines which Symbolics had used in common with LMI and Texas Instruments...

 are incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...

, 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
Ecological niche
In ecology, a niche is a term describing the relational position of a species or population in its ecosystem to each other; e.g. a dolphin could potentially be in another ecological niche from one that travels in a different pod if the members of these pods utilize significantly different food...

, or have co-evolved, 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 Labeoninae
Labeoninae
Labeoninae is a doubtfully distinct subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. They inhabit freshwater and are most abundant in the region around southern China. They are a generally very apomorphic group, perhaps the most "advanced" of the Cyprinidae...

 or Squaliobarbinae also remains doubtful, although the latter do appear to correspond to a distinct lineage. The sometimes-seen grouping of the large-headed carps (Hypophthalmichthyinae) with Xenocypris
Xenocypris
Xenocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently six species in this genus.-Species:* Xenocypris davidi Bleeker, 1871* Xenocypris fangi T. L. Tchang, 1930* Xenocypris hupeinensis...

, on the other hand, seems quite in error. More likely, the latter are part of the Cultrinae
Cultrinae
The Cultrinae are a subfamily of cyprinid fish.-Recognized Genera:* Chanodichthys* Culter* Erythroculter* Hemiculter* Ischikauia* Megalobrama* Parabramis – White Amur Bream* Sinibrama...

.

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 Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

n "barbs" do not belong in Barbus
Barbus
Barbus is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of Barbus is the Common Barbel, first described as Cyprinus barbus and now named Barbus barbus...

sensu stricto – indeed, they are as distant from the typical barbels and the typical carps (Cyprinus) as these are from Garra
Garra
Garra, the garras, are a genus of ray-finned 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...

(which is placed in the Labeoninae by most who accept the latter as distinct) and thus might form another as of 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
Tench
The tench or doctor fish is a freshwater and brackish water fish of the cyprinid family found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including the British Isles east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers. It is also found in Lake Baikal...

 (Tinca tinca), a significant food species farmed in western Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...

 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 cladistic analysis of DNA sequence
DNA sequence
The sequence or primary structure of a nucleic acid is the composition of atoms that make up the nucleic acid and the chemical bonds that bond those atoms. Because nucleic acids, such as DNA and RNA, are unbranched polymers, this specification is equivalent to specifying the sequence of...

 data of the S7 ribosomal protein
Ribosomal protein
A ribosomal protein is any of the proteins that, in conjunction with rRNA, make up the ribosomal subunits involved in the cellular process of translation. A large part of the knowledge about these organic molecules has come from the study of E. coli ribosomes. Most ribosomic proteins have been...

 intron
Intron
An intron is any nucleotide sequence within a gene that is removed by RNA splicing to generate the final mature RNA product of a gene. The term intron refers to both the DNA sequence within a gene, and the corresponding sequence in RNA transcripts. Sequences that are joined together in the final...

 1 supports the view that it is distinct enough to constitute a monotypic
Monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...

 subfamily. It also suggests that it may be closer to the small East Asia
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...

n Aphyocypris
Aphyocypris
Aphyocypris is a genus of cyprinid fishes consisting of four species, all of which are restricted to East Asia.-Species:* Aphyocypris amnis T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & H. D. Lin, 2011* Aphyocypris chinensis Günther, 1868...

, Hemigrammocypris, and Yaoshanicus
Yaoshanicus
Yaoshanicus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia with one species endemic to China and one endemic to Vietnam. There are currently two species in this genus.-Species:* Yaoshanicus arcus S. Y. Lin, 1931...

. 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
Topography
Topography is the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those ofplanets, moons, and asteroids...

 of that region in the late Paleogene
Paleogene
The Paleogene is a geologic period and system that began 65.5 ± 0.3 and ended 23.03 ± 0.05 million years ago and comprises the first part of the Cenozoic Era...

, when their divergence presumably occurred.

Subfamilies & Genera

Subfamily Acheilognathinae
Acheilognathinae
Acheilognathinae, the bitterling-like cyprinids, are a subfamily of cyprinids.Genera contained herein are:* Acanthorhodeus – spiny bitterlings* Acheilognathus* Rhodeus – bitterlings* Tanakia...

 – bitterling-like cyprinids
  • Acanthorhodeus
    Acanthorhodeus
    Acanthorhodeus is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of two species.-Species:* Acanthorhodeus chankaensis * Acanthorhodeus macropterus Bleeker, 1871...

    (Spiny bitterlings)
  • Acheilognathus
    Acheilognathus
    Acheilognathus is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of several species. The type species is the Capoeta rhombea. 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 length from 5...

    (Bitterlings)
  • Rhodeus
    Rhodeus
    Rhodeus is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 21 species called bitterlings. The scientific name is derived from the Greek word rhodeos, meaning "rose"....

    (Bitterlings)
  • Tanakia
    Tanakia
    Tanakia is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of five species that occurs in Eastern Asia. The type species is the Rhodeus oryzae.-Species:* Tanakia himantegus * Tanakia lanceolata...

    (Bitterlings)


Subfamily Barbinae (Barbs)
  • Acrossocheilus
    Acrossocheilus
    Acrossocheilus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae.- Morphology :Maximum length of the fishes of this species varies from 8 to 20 cm. Most of the fishes of this genus are found in Southeast Asia, China, Vietnam.- Species :...

  • Balantiocheilos
    Balantiocheilos
    Balantiocheilos is a small genus of cyprinid fish. It includes two species.- Species :*Balantiocheilos ambusticauda H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2007 *Balantiocheilos melanopterus -Distribution:...

  • Barbus
    Barbus
    Barbus is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae. The type species of Barbus is the Common Barbel, first described as Cyprinus barbus and now named Barbus barbus...

    (typical barbels and barbs)
  • Carasobarbus
    Carasobarbus
    Carasobarbus is a small genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are found around the Near East region.Like many other "barbs", it was long included in Barbus...

  • Clypeobarbus
    Clypeobarbus
    Clypeobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Africa.- Species :* Clypeobarbus bellcrossi * Clypeobarbus bomokandi * Clypeobarbus congicus...

  • Diptychus
    Diptychus
    Diptychus is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of two Asian species. The type species is the scaly osman, Diptychus maculatus. The name is derived from the Greek word di, meaning "two", and the Greek word ptyx, meaning "fold".-Species:...

    – "snowtrout
    Snowtrout
    A snowtrout is any of a number of ray-finned fishes from the Himalayas region. These cyprinids resemble the very distantly related trouts in habitus due to convergent evolution.Genera containing "snowtrouts" are:* Diptychus* Ptychobarbus...

    s"
  • Luciobarbus
    Luciobarbus
    Luciobarbus is a somewhat disputed genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. Its species are mainly found around the Mediterranean region. Its type species is the Mangar , for which the genus was established by Heckel in 1843...

  • Mesopotamichthys
  • Oreichthys
    Oreichthys
    Oreichthys are a group of tropical barbs found in Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar , northern Malay Peninsula, and the Mekong basin in Laos. They are found in ditches, ponds, streams and canals...

  • Ospatulus
    Ospatulus
    Ospatulus is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the Philippines. It currently contains two species, though the validity of the genus has been questioned.- Species :* Ospatulus palaemophagus Herre, 1924...

  • Pseudobarbus
    Pseudobarbus
    Pseudobarbus is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae. The type species is Burchell's Redfin . The scientific name is derived from the Ancient Greek pseudes and the Latin word barbus . This genus contains some of the South African redfins...

    – redfins
  • Puntius
    Puntius
    Puntius is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae of the order Cypriniformes. Fishes of this genus are known as the spotted barbs for the predominant pattern, though many have vertical black bands instead. Also, the Spotted Barb proper is one particular species, Puntius binotatus....

    – spotted barbs
  • Schizothorax
    Schizothorax
    Schizothorax is a genus of cyprinid fish from Central and East Asia. Their scientific name means "cleft-breast", from Ancient Greek schízeïn "to cleave" + thórax "breast-plate"...

    – marinkas, "snowtrouts"
  • Sinocyclocheilus
    Sinocyclocheilus
    Sinocyclocheilus is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. Almost all of its species live in or around caves. The type species is Sinocyclocheilus tingi. The name is derived from the Latin word sino, meaning "from China", and the Greek word kyklos, meaning "circle", and the Greek word cheilos,...

    – golden-line fish
  • Spratellicypris


Subfamily Cultrinae
Cultrinae
The Cultrinae are a subfamily of cyprinid fish.-Recognized Genera:* Chanodichthys* Culter* Erythroculter* Hemiculter* Ischikauia* Megalobrama* Parabramis – White Amur Bream* Sinibrama...

  • Anabarilius
    Anabarilius
    Anabarilius is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.- Species :The genus contains the following species:* Anabarilius alburnops * Anabarilius andersoni...

  • Chanodichthys
    Chanodichthys
    Chanodichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of five species. The name is derived from the Greek word chanos, meaning "abyss, mouth opened, inmensity", and the Greek word ichthys, meaning "fish".-Species:...

  • Culter
    Culter (genus)
    Culter is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of five species. The name is derived from the Latin word culter, meaning "knife".- Species :* Culter alburnus Basilewsky, 1855* Culter flavipinnis Tirant, 1883...

  • Cultrichthys
  • Hemiculter
    Hemiculter
    Hemiculter is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 8 species. The type species is the Sharpbelly, Culter leucisculus. The name is derived from the Greek word hemis, meaning "half", and the Latin word culter, meaning "knife".- Species :...

    (sharpbellies)
  • Ischikauia
    Ischikauia
    Ischikauia steenackeri is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Japan. This species was originally described as Opsariichthys steenackeri. This species is the only member of genus....

  • Megalobrama
    Megalobrama
    Megalobrama is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 6 species. The type species is Megalobrama skolkovii. The name is derived from the Greek word megalos, meaning "great", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish....

  • Parabramis – White Amur Bream
  • Sinibrama
    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...

  • Toxabramis
    Toxabramis
    Toxabramis is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven species in this genus-Species:* Toxabramis argentifer J. F. Abbott, 1901* Toxabramis hoffmanni S. Y. Lin, 1934...



Subfamily Cyprininae (true carps)
  • Carassioides
    Carassioides
    Carassioides is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in East and Southeast Asia. There are currently three recognized species.-Species:* Carassioides acuminatus * Carassioides argentea V. H. Nguyen, 2001...

  • Carassius
    Carassius
    Carassius is a genus in the ray-finned fish family Cyprinidae. The 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 , which was bred from the Prussian carp...

    (Crucian carps and goldfish
    Goldfish
    The goldfish is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated, and is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish....

    )
  • Cyprinus
    Cyprinus
    Cyprinus is the genus of typical carps in family Cyprinidae. They are of East Asian origin and closely related to some more barb-like genera, such Cyclocheilichthys and the recently-established Barbonymus . The crucian carps of western Eurasia, which include the goldfish Cyprinus is the genus of...

    – typical carps


Subfamily Danioninae – danionins
  • Amblypharyngodon
    Amblypharyngodon
    Amblypharyngodon is a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae.- Species :* Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii * Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 1990...

    (carplets)
  • Barilius
    Barilius
    Barilius is a genus of fishes in family Cyprinidae. It contains about 29 species.- Species :* Barilius bakeri F. Day, 1865* Barilius barila * Barilius barna...

  • Betadevario
  • Boraras
    Boraras
    Boraras is a genus of Asian cyprinid fishes.- Species :* Boraras brigittae * Boraras maculatus * Boraras merah * Boraras micros Kottelat & Vidthayanon, 1993...

    (rasboras)
  • Brevibora
    Brevibora
    Brevibora is a genus of cyprinid fish containing two species from Southeast Asia. They are restricted to the Malay Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago.-Species:* Brevibora cheeya T. Y. Liao & H. H. Tan, 2011...

    (rasboras)
  • Chela
    Chela (fish)
    Chela is a genus of fish closely related to Devario. It currently consists of two species.- Species :* Chela cachius * Chela khujairokensis Arunkumar, 2000...

  • Danio
    Danio
    The Danio genus comprises many of the species of danionins familiar to aquarists. The common name "danio" is used for members of the genera Danio and Devario.-Taxonomy:...

    (danios)
  • Danionella
    Danionella
    Danionella is a genus comprising the danionin species D. mirifica, D. translucida, and D. dracula, three of the smallest freshwater fishes.-Distribution:...

  • Devario
    Devario
    The genus Devario comprises some danionins familiar to aquarists. Generally, they are larger fish than species of the genus Danio, they have short barbels , and generally have deeper bodies than Danio species, with species having vertical or horizontal stripes present...

  • Esomus
    Esomus
    Esomus is a genus comprising the Flying Barbs. they are closely related to the Danio genus and are distinctive for their extremely long barbels.- Species :* Esomus ahli Hora & Mukerji, 1928* Esomus altus...

    (flying barbs)
  • Horadandia
  • Inlecypris
  • Kottelatia
  • Laubuca
    Laubuca
    Laubuca is a genus of cyprinid fish found in South and Southeast Asia. There are currently eight described species.-Species:* Laubuca caeruleostigmata H. M. Smith, 1931 * Laubuca dadiburjori Menon, 1952...

  • Leptocypris
    Leptocypris
    Leptocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Africa. There are currently nine recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Leptocypris crossensis Howes & Teugels, 1989* Leptocypris guineensis...

  • Luciosoma
    Luciosoma
    Luciosoma is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. There are currently five species in this genus.-Species:* Luciosoma bleekeri Steindachner, 1878* Luciosoma pellegrinii Popta, 1905* Luciosoma setigerum...

  • Malayochela
  • Mesobola
    Mesobola
    Mesobola is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Africa. It currently contains four described species.- Species :* Mesobola bredoi * Mesobola brevianalis * Mesobola moeruensis...

  • Microdevario
    Microdevario
    Microdevario is a small genus of danionin cyprinids. It was recently described to include species previously in the genus Microrasbora.Species:* Microdevario gatesi Herre, 1939...

  • Microrasbora
    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 mainly Thailand and Myanmar, with one putative species in China.-Current Taxonomy:...

  • Nematabramis
    Nematabramis
    Nematabramis is a genus of cyprinid fish that occur in the Malay Archipelago. There are currently five described species in this genus.-Species:* Nematabramis alestes * Nematabramis borneensis Inger & P. K. Chin, 1962...

  • Neobola
    Neobola
    Neobola is a genus of cyprinid fishes found mostly in East Africa. There are currently four species in this genus.- Species :* Neobola bottegoi Vinciguerra, 1895* Neobola fluviatilis...

  • Opsaridium
    Opsaridium
    Opsaridium is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Africa. There are currently 12 species in this genus.- Species :* Opsaridium boweni * Opsaridium engrauloides * Opsaridium leleupi...

  • Opsarius
    Opsarius
    Opsarius is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia. There are currently three described species in the genus.-Species:* Opsarius cocsa * Opsarius koratensis...

  • Paedocypris
    Paedocypris
    Paedocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia where it occurs in Malaysia and Indonesia. Three species are known.Paedocypris progenetica has been claimed to be the smallest known species of fish and vertebrate in the world...

  • Pectenocypris
    Pectenocypris
    Pectenocypris is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to Indonesia. There are three described species in this genus.-Species:* Pectenocypris balaena T. R. Roberts, 1989* Pectenocypris korthausae Kottelat, 1982...

  • Raiamas
    Raiamas
    Raiamas is a genus of cyprinid fishes that is found in Africa and Asia.- Species :* Raiamas ansorgii * Raiamas batesii * Raiamas bola...

  • Rasboroides
  • Salmophasia
    Salmophasia
    Salmophasia is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in southern Asia. There are currently 13 described species in this genus.- Species :* Salmophasia acinaces * Salmophasia bacaila Salmophasia is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in southern Asia. There are currently 13 described species in this...

    – razorbelly minnows
  • Securicula
  • Sundadanio
    Sundadanio
    Sundadanio is a genus of cyprinid fishes from the Malay Archipelago. There are currently eight described species in this genus.-Species:* Sundadanio atomus Conway, Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2011* Sundadanio axelrodi...

  • Trigonostigma
    Trigonostigma
    Trigonostigma is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. There are currently four described species.-Species:* Trigonostigma espei * Trigonostigma hengeli...


Subfamily Gobioninae – true gudgeons and relatives (including Gobiobotinae)
  • Coreius
    Coreius
    Coreius is a genus of cyprinid fish belonging to the gudgeon sub-family Gobioninae. This genus in endemic to China. It currently contains four recognized species.-Species:* Coreius cetopsis...

  • Gnathopogon
    Gnathopogon
    Gnathopogon is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently nine species in this genus.-Species:* Gnathopogon caerulescens * Gnathopogon elongatus...

  • Gobio
    Gobio
    Gobio is the genus of typical gudgeons, ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. Members of the genus are usually small fish, rarely longer than 10 cm...

    – typical gudgeons
  • Gobiobotia
    Gobiobotia
    Gobiobotia is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia.-Species:* Gobiobotia abbreviata P. W. Fang & Ki. Fu. Wang, 1931* Gobiobotia brevibarba Mori, 1935* Gobiobotia brevirostris Yi-Yu Chen & W. H...

  • Gobiocypris
  • Hemibarbus
    Hemibarbus
    Hemibarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Hemibarbus brevipennus P. Q. Yue, 1995* Hemibarbus labeo...

    (steeds)
  • Microphysogobio
    Microphysogobio
    Microphysogobio is a genus of cyprinid fishes that occur in eastern Asia. There are currently 24 described species in this genus.-Species:* Microphysogobio alticorpus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1968...

  • Pseudogobio
    Pseudogobio
    Pseudogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently four described species in this genus.-Species:* Pseudogobio banggiangensis V. H. Nguyen, 2001* Pseudogobio esocinus...

  • Pseudorasbora
    Pseudorasbora
    Pseudorasbora is a genus of small freshwater fish found in Eastern Asia. There are currently four recognized species in this genus.- Species :* Pseudorasbora elongata H. W. Wu, 1939...

  • Romanogobio
    Romanogobio
    Romanogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Europe and Asia. There are currently 18 described species in this genus, including the extinct R...

  • Sarcocheilichthys
    Sarcocheilichthys
    Sarcocheilichthys is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia. There are currently 12 species in the genus.-Species:* Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis Hosoya, 1982* Sarcocheilichthys caobangensis V. H. Nguyen & Vo, 2001...

  • Saurogobio
    Saurogobio
    Saurogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven described species in this genus.-Species:* Saurogobio dabryi Bleeker, 1871 * Saurogobio dumerili Bleeker, 1871...

  • Squalidus
    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 * Squalidus atromaculatus...



Subfamily Labeoninae
Labeoninae
Labeoninae is a doubtfully distinct subfamily of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. They inhabit freshwater and are most abundant in the region around southern China. They are a generally very apomorphic group, perhaps the most "advanced" of the Cyprinidae...

 (including Garrinae; might belong in Cyprininae)
  • Akrokolioplax
  • Bangana
    Bangana
    Bangana is a genus of Asian cyprinid fish. This genus contains 23 species ranging from quite small to large. Some of these species are important food fish.-Species:* Bangana almorae * Bangana ariza...

  • Cirrhinus
    Cirrhinus
    Cirrhinus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Asia.- Species :* Cirrhinus caudimaculatus * Cirrhinus cirrhosus * Cirrhinus fulungee...

    (mud carps)
  • Cophecheilus
  • Crossocheilus
    Crossocheilus
    Crossocheilus is a genus of cyprinid fish that occur in Asia. There are currently 16 recognized species.-Species:* Crossocheilus atrilimes Kottelat, 2000* Crossocheilus burmanicus Hora, 1936* Crossocheilus caudomaculatus...

  • Discocheilus
    Discocheilus
    Discocheilus is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to China. This genus contains two recognized species.-Species:* Discocheilus multilepis * Discocheilus wui...

  • Discogobio
    Discogobio
    Discogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish that are found in eastern Asia. So far the 16 species have only been identified from China and Vietnam wherein each species is an endemic to the country in which it is found.-Species:...

  • Garra
    Garra
    Garra, the garras, are a genus of ray-finned 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...

  • Hongshuia
    Hongshuia
    Hongshuia is a genus of cyprinid fish that consists of three species, all endemic to China.-Species:* Hongshuia banmo E. Zhang, X. Qiang & J. H. Lan, 2008* Hongshuia microstomatus...

  • Labeo
    Labeo
    Labeo is a genus of carps in the family Cyprinidae. They are found mainly in the Old World tropics.It contains the typical labeos in the subfamily Labeoninae, which may not be a valid group, however, and is often included in the Cyprininae as tribe Labeonini...

    – Labeos
  • Labeobarbus
    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 the southern species, is yellowfish...

    – yellowfish
  • Labiobarbus
    Labiobarbus
    Labiobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. It currently contains nine described species.-Species:* Labiobarbus cyanopareja * Labiobarbus fasciatus...

  • Osteochilus
    Osteochilus
    Osteochilus is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia extending into China. There are currently 36 recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Osteochilus bellus Popta, 1904* Osteochilus bleekeri Kottelat, 2008...

  • Parasinilabeo
    Parasinilabeo
    Parasinilabeo is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are currently six described species in this genus-Species:* Parasinilabeo assimilis H. W. Wu & Yao, 1977* Parasinilabeo longibarbus Y. Zhu, C. Lan & E. Zhang, 2006...

  • Protolabeo
  • Pseudocrossocheilus
    Pseudocrossocheilus
    Pseudocrossocheilus is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are currently six recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Pseudocrossocheilus bamaensis...

  • Pseudogyrinocheilus
    Pseudogyrinocheilus
    Pseudogyrinocheilus is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are currently two described species in this genus.-Species:* Pseudogyrinocheilus longisulcus L. P. Zheng, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2010...

  • Ptychidio
    Ptychidio
    Ptychidio is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are currently three described species in this genus.-Species:* Ptychidio jordani Myers, 1930* Ptychidio longibarbus Yi-Yu Chen & Y. F. Chen, 1989* Ptychidio macrops Fang, 1981...

  • Qianlabeo
  • Rectoris
    Rectoris
    Rectoris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in China and Vietnam. There are currently four recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Rectoris longifinus W. X. Li, W. N. Mao & Zo. Mi. Lu, 2002* Rectoris luxiensis H. W. Wu & Yao, 1977...

  • Semilabeo
    Semilabeo
    Semilabeo is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Semilabeo notabilis W. K. H. Peters, 1881* Semilabeo obscurus Lin, 1981...

  • Sinocrossocheilus
    Sinocrossocheilus
    Sinocrossocheilus is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are three described species in this genus.-Species:* Sinocrossocheilus guizhouensis H. W. Wu, 1977* Sinocrossocheilus labiatus R. F. Su, J. X. Yang & G. H. Cui, 2003...



Subfamily Leptobarbinae
  • Leptobarbus
    Leptobarbus
    Leptobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish that originate from Asia. They are important food fish. Leptobarbus hoevenii is its type species.- Species :* Leptobarbus hoevenii...



Subfamily Leuciscinae
Leuciscinae
Leuciscinae, commonly known as true minnows, are a subfamily of small fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae.However, the term minnow is also used as an unspecific term for tiny freshwater and saltwater fish, especially those used as fishing bait....

 – chub
Chub
The European chub , sometimes called the round chub, fat chub, chevin, pollard or simply "the" chub, is a freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae...

s, dace
Dace
A dace is any of a number of species of small fish. The unmodified name is usually a reference to the Common Dace . This, like most fishes called "daces", belongs to the family Cyprinidae, mostly in subfamily Leuciscinae....

s, true minnow
Minnow
Minnow is a general term used to refer to small freshwater and saltwater fish, especially those used as bait fish or for fishing bait. More specifically, it refers to small freshwater fish of the carp family.-True minnows:...

s, roach
Roach (fish)
The Common Roach is a freshwater and brackish water fish native to most of Europe and western Asia...

es, shiner
Shiner (fish)
Shiner is a common name used for any of several kinds of small, usually silvery fish, in particular a number of cyprinids, but also e.g. the Shiner Perch .Cyprinid shiners are:* Eastern shiners, genus Notropis...

s and so on.

  • Achondrostoma
    Achondrostoma
    Achondrostoma is a genus of freshwater fish in family Cyprinidae.- Species :* Achondrostoma arcasii * Achondrostoma occidentale...

  • Acrocheilus (Chiselmouth)
  • Agosia
  • Alburnus
    Alburnus
    Alburnus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It contains the following species:* Alburnus adanensis Battalgazi, 1944 * †Alburnus akili Battalgil, 1942* Alburnus albidus...

    (bleaks)
  • Algansea
    Algansea
    Algansea is a genus of ray-finned fish in family Cyprinidae.- Species :* Algansea amecae Pérez-Rodríguez, Pérez-Ponce de León, Domínguez-Domínguez & Doadrio, 2009* Algansea aphanea Barbour & R. R. Miller, 1978...

    (chubs)
  • Aztecula (Aztec shiner)
  • Campostoma
    Campostoma
    Campostoma, the stonerollers, is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. There are currently five species recognized for this genus.-Species:* Campostoma anomalum...

    (stonerollers)
  • Chondrostoma
    Chondrostoma
    Chondrostoma is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. They are commonly known as nases, though this term is also used locally to denote particular species, most frequently the Common Nase Chondrostoma (from the Ancient Greek roots (khondros, “lump”) + (stoma, “mouth”) =...

    (typical nases)
  • Chrosomus
    Chrosomus
    Chrosomus is a genus of small cyprinid fish found in North America. There are currently five recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Chrosomus cumberlandensis Chrosomus is a genus of small cyprinid fish found in North America. There are currently five recognized species in this...

    (daces)
  • Clinostomus
    Clinostomus
    Clinostomus is a genus of cyprinid fish that occur in eastern North America. There are two species in this genus.-Species:* Clinostomus elongatus * Clinostomus funduloides Girard, 1856...

    (redside daces)
  • Codoma
  • Couesius (the Lake Chub)
  • Cyprinella
    Cyprinella
    Cyprinella is the genus of satinfin shiners, ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It contains the following species:*Cyprinella alvarezdelvillari Contreras-Balderas & Lozano-Vilano, 1994...

    – satinfin shiners
  • Delminichthys
    Delminichthys
    Delminichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish which is found in Eastern Europe. It currently contains four species.-Species:* Delminichthys adspersus * Delminichthys ghetaldii...

  • Dionda
    Dionda
    Dionda is the genus of desert minnows, small fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are native to the fresh waters or North And Central America...

    – desert minnows
  • Eremichthys – Desert Dace
  • Ericymba – the Longjaw Minnow
  • Erimonax
  • Erimystax
    Erimystax
    Erimystax is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. Members are commonly known as slender chubs, though "slender chub" is also used for individual species local to some area, particularly Erimystax cahni.- Species :...

    – slender chubs
  • Evarra
    Evarra
    Evarra is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. All species in the genus are presumed extinct since 1970.- Species :* †Evarra bustamantei Navarro, 1955 * †Evarra eigenmanni Woolman, 1894...

    – Mexican daces
  • Exoglossum
    Exoglossum
    Exoglossum is a genus of mound-building freshwater fish. Members are commonly known as cutlips minnows, though the individual species, particularly Exoglossum maxillingua, are also locally known by that name....

    – cutlips minnows
  • Gila
    Gila (genus)
    Gila is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, native to North America and Central America. Species of Gila are collectively referred to as western chubs. The chiselmouth is a close relative...

    – western chubs (including Siphateles)
  • Hemitremia – Flame Chub
  • Hesperoleucus – California Roach
  • Hybognathus
    Hybognathus
    Hybognathus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. Its members are collectively known as the silvery minnows.- Species :* Hybognathus amarus...

    – silvery minnows
  • Hybopsis
    Hybopsis
    Hybopsis is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the United States. There are currently six described species in this genus.-Species:* Hybopsis amblops * Hybopsis amnis...

    – bigeye chubs
  • Iberochondrostoma
    Iberochondrostoma
    Iberochondrostoma is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It currently consists of four species.-Species:* Iberochondrostoma almacai Iberochondrostoma is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It currently consists of four species.-Species:*...

  • Iotichthys – Least Chub
  • Lavinia
    Lavinia (genus)
    Lavinia is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of one or two species native to western North America.While there is little doubt as to the membership of the Hitch , the position of the closely related California Roach is less clear...

    – Hitch
  • Lepidomeda – spinedaces
  • Leuciscus
    Leuciscus
    Leuciscus is a genus of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. They are commonly called Eurasian daces; familiar species include the Common Dace and Ide. The genus is widespread form Europe to Siberia....

    – Eurasian daces
  • Luxilus
    Luxilus
    Luxilus, the highscale shiners, is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. There are currently nine species in this genus.- Species :* Luxilus albeolus Luxilus, the highscale shiners, is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. There are currently nine species in this genus.-...

    highscale shiner
    Highscale Shiner
    Highscale Shiner is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Notropis....

    s
  • Lythrurus
    Lythrurus
    Lythrurus, the finescale shiners, is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. There are currently 11 species in this genus.- Species :* Lythrurus alegnotus...

    – finescale shiners
  • Macrhybopsis
    Macrhybopsis
    Macrhybopsis, the blacktail chubs, is a genus of cyprinid fish that are found in North America. There are currently eight species in this genus.- Species :* Macrhybopsis aestivalis...

    – blacktail chubs
  • Margariscus
    Margariscus
    Margariscus is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in North America. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Margariscus margarita * Margariscus nachtriebi...

    – Daces
  • Meda – Spikedace

  • Moapa – Moapa Dace
  • Mylocheilus – peamouth
  • Mylopharodon – hardheads
  • Nocomis
    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 * Nocomis biguttatus...

    – hornyhead chubs
  • Notemigonus – Golden Shiner
  • Notropis
    Notropis
    Notropis, commonly known as the eastern shiners or simply "shiners", is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America, and is the second largest genus of freshwater fish on the continent. Most small minnows found in North American belong to Notropis. Not all small cyprinids commonly referred...

    – eastern shiners
  • Opsopoeodus – pugnose minnow
  • Oregonichthys
    Oregonichthys
    Oregonichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. Collectively known as Oregon chubs, that term can also refer to O. crameri in particular.- Species :* Oregonichthys crameri...

    – Oregon chubs
  • Orthodon – Sacramento Blackfish
  • Parachondrostoma
    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:* Parachondrostoma arrigonis...

  • Pelasgus
    Pelasgus (fish)
    Pelasgus is a genus of cyprinid fishes that is only found in the Balkans. There are currently seven described species in this genus.-Species:* Pelasgus epiroticus * Pelasgus laconicus...

  • Pelecus – Ziege, Sabre Carp
  • Petroleuciscus
    Petroleuciscus
    Petroleuciscus is a genus of five species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It was usually included in Leuciscus until recently...

    – Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces
  • Phenacobius
    Phenacobius
    Phenacobius, the suckermouth minnows, is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to the United States. There are currently five described species.- Species :* Phenacobius catostomus D. S...

    – suckermouth minnows
  • Phoxinellus
    Phoxinellus
    Phoxinellus is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in the Balkans. There are currently three described species in this genus.- Species :* Phoxinellus alepidotus Heckel, 1843* Phoxinellus dalmaticus Zupančič & Bogutskaya, 2000...

  • Phoxinus
    Phoxinus
    Phoxinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family of order Cypriniformes. The type species is Phoxinus phoxinus, the Common Minnow. The North American members of this genus are known as daces, and the Old World ones as Eurasian minnows. The latter term is also used specifically for P...

    – Eurasian minnows and daces
  • Pimephales
    Pimephales
    Pimephales, commonly known as the bluntnose minnows , is a genus of cyprinid fish found in North America. All of the four species are small fish, with P...

    – bluntnose minnows
  • Plagopterus – Woundfin
  • Platygobio – flathead chub
  • Pogonichthys
    Pogonichthys
    The splittails are a genus Pogonichthys of cyprinid fish, consisting of two species native to western North America.The common name is inspired by the distinctive appearance of the tail fin, in which the upper lobe is distinctly larger....

    – splittails
  • Protochondrostoma
  • Pseudochondrostoma
    Pseudochondrostoma
    Pseudochondrostoma is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in the Iberian Peninsula. There are three species in this genus.-Species:* Pseudochondrostoma duriense...

  • Pseudophoxinus
    Pseudophoxinus
    Pseudophoxinus is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. They occur mainly in the eastern Mediterranean region, in particular in and around Asia Minor....

  • Pteronotropis
    Pteronotropis
    Pteronotropis is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to the United States. There are currently nine species in this genus.-Species:* Pteronotropis euryzonus...

    – flagfin shiners
  • Ptychocheilus
    Ptychocheilus
    Squawfish or pikeminnows 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. This is largely due to the species' perceived tendency to prey upon small trout and...

    – pikeminnows
  • Relictus – Relict Dace
  • Rhinichthys
    Rhinichthys
    Rhinichthys, the riffle daces, is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family of the order Cypriniformes. The type species is Rhinichthys atratulus, the blacknose dace. Rhinichthys species range throughout North America....

    – riffle daces (including Tiaroga)
  • Rhynchocypris
    Rhynchocypris
    Rhynchocypris is a genus of Eurasian cyprinid fishes. There are currently six described species in this genus.-Species:* Rhynchocypris czekanowskii * Rhynchocypris dementjevi...

    – Eurasian minnows
  • Richardsonius
    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....

    – redside shiners
  • Semotilus
    Semotilus
    Semotilus is the genus of creek chubs, ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. The term "creek chub" is sometimes used for individual species, particularly the Common Creek Chub, S. atromaculatus. The Creek Chub are a species of minnows that can grow from 6 to 10 inches and resemble the...

    – creek chubs
  • Snyderichthys – Leatherside Chub
  • Squalius
    Squalius
    Squalius is a ray-finned fish genus in the family Cyprinidae, containing the European chubs . This genus belongs to the subfamily Leuciscinae as other chubs and daces generally do....

    – European chubs
  • Telestes
    Telestes
    Telestes is a genus of cyprinid fish. It was formerly usually included in Leuciscus. There are currently 12 described species.- Species :* Telestes beoticus * Telestes croaticus...

  • Tribolodon
    Tribolodon
    Tribolodon is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in marine and freshwater in Eastern Asia. There are currently four described species in this genus.-Species:* Tribolodon brandtii...

  • Yuriria
    Yuriria (fish)
    Yuriria is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to Mexico. There are three described species in this genus.-Species:* Yuriria alta * Yuriria amatlana Domínguez-Domínguez, Pompa-Domínguez & Doadrio, 2007...





Subfamily Rasborinae – rasborines
  • Aphyocypris
    Aphyocypris
    Aphyocypris is a genus of cyprinid fishes consisting of four species, all of which are restricted to East Asia.-Species:* Aphyocypris amnis T. Y. Liao, S. O. Kullander & H. D. Lin, 2011* Aphyocypris chinensis Günther, 1868...

  • Aspidoparia
    Aspidoparia
    Aspidoparia is a small genus of cyprinid fishes that are found in Asia. There are currently three recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Aspidoparia jaya * Aspidoparia morar...

  • Engraulicypris (the Lake Sardine)
  • Oxygaster
    Oxygaster
    Oxygaster is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia. There are currently two described species in this genus.-Species:* Oxygaster anomalura van Hasselt, 1823* Oxygaster pointoni...

  • Rasbora
    Rasbora
    A rasbora is a member of a group of small minnow-type fish in the family Cyprinidae . Fish from genera such as Boraras, Microrasbora, Rasbora and Trigonostigma are commonly referred to as rasboras...

  • Rasbosoma
  • Rastrineobola – Silver Cyprinid
  • Thryssocypris
    Thryssocypris
    Thryssocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. There are currently three species in this genus.-Species:* Thryssocypris ornithostoma Kottelat, 1991* Thryssocypris smaragdinus T. R. Roberts & Kottelat, 1984...

  • Trigonopoma
    Trigonopoma
    Trigonopoma is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. There are two described species in this genus.-Species:* Trigonopoma gracile * Trigonopoma pauciperforatum...


Subfamily Squaliobarbinae
  • Ctenopharyngodon – the Grass Carp
  • Squaliobarbus


Subfamily Tincinae
  • Tanichthys
    Tanichthys
    Tanichthys is a genus of freshwater fish in the carp family of order Cypriniformes. Until recently, the type species, Tanichthys albonubes, was the only one known. In 2001, however, Freyhof and Herder described a new and very similar species, Tanichthys micagemmae, from the Ben Hai River in...

    – cardinal minnows
  • Tinca – Tench

Subfamily Xenocyprinae
  • Distoechodon
    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.-Species:...

  • Hypophthalmichthys
    Hypophthalmichthys
    Hypophthalmichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of three species. The name comes from Greek , "below"; , "eye"; , "fish", thus "fish with eyes below", referring to the fact that the fish has its eyes below the mouth line.They are also known as bighead carp, though that term is also...

    – bighead carps
  • Plagiognathops
  • Pseudobrama
  • Xenocypris
    Xenocypris
    Xenocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently six species in this genus.-Species:* Xenocypris davidi Bleeker, 1871* Xenocypris fangi T. L. Tchang, 1930* Xenocypris hupeinensis...





Incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...


  • Aaptosyax (Giant salmon carp)
  • Abbottina
    Abbottina
    Abbottina is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.- Species :* Abbottina binhi V. H. Nguyen, 2001* Abbottina lalinensis Huang & Li, 1995* Abbottina liaoningensis K. J. Qin, 1987...

    (False gudgeons)
  • Abramis (Common bream)
  • Acanthalburnus
    Acanthalburnus
    Acanthalburnus is a small genus of cyprinid fish found in Western Asia extending into Russia. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Acanthalburnus microlepis...

    (Bleaks)
  • Acanthobrama
    Acanthobrama
    Acanthobrama is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.- Species :* Acanthobrama centisquama Heckel, 1843* Acanthobrama hadiyahensis Coad, Alkahem & Behnke, 1983* †Acanthobrama hulensis...

    (Bleaks)
  • Acanthogobio
  • Acapoeta
  • Albulichthys
  • Alburnoides
    Alburnoides
    Alburnoides is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.- Species :* Alburnoides bipunctatus * Alburnoides devolli Bogutskaya, Zupančič & Naseka, 2010* Alburnoides eichwaldii...

    (Bleaks)
  • Amblyrhynchichthys
    Amblyrhynchichthys
    Amblyrhynchichthys is a small genus of cyprinid fish containing only two Southeast Asian species.-Species:* Amblyrhynchichthys micracanthus H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2004* Amblyrhynchichthys truncatus...

  • Anaecypris
  • Ancherythroculter
    Ancherythroculter
    Ancherythroculter is a genus of cyprinid fishes that occur in eastern Asia in China and Vietnam. There are currently five recognized species in this genus, though the validity of A. lini is under some doubt.-Species:...

  • Anchicyclocheilus
  • Araiocypris
  • Aspiolucius
  • Aspiorhynchus
  • Aspius
    Aspius
    Aspius is a genus of Eurasian cyprinid fish. There are currently two recognized species in the genus.-Species:* Aspius aspius * Aspius vorax Heckel, 1843...

  • Atrilinea
    Atrilinea
    Atrilinea is a genus of cyprinid fishes that contains only three species which are all endemic to China.-Species:* Atrilinea macrolepis S. L. Song & S. M. Fang, 1987* Atrilinea macrops * Atrilinea roulei...

  • Aulopyge (Dalmatian Barbelgudgeon)
  • Ballerus
    Ballerus
    Ballerus is a genus of cyprinid fish containing two Eurasian species.-Species:* Ballerus ballerus * Ballerus sapa...

    (Breams)
  • Barbichthys
  • Barbodes
    Barbodes
    Barbodes is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of 11 species. The name is derived from the Latin word barbus, meaning "barbel", and the Greek word oides, meaning "similar to".- Species :* Barbodes belinka...

  • Barboides
    Barboides
    Barboides is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.- Species :* Barboides britzi Conway & Moritz, 2006* Barboides gracilis Brüning, 1929...

  • Barbonymus
    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 as type species; thus, these fish are sometimes collectively called tinfoils...

    (Tinfoil barbs)
  • Barbopsis (the Somalian Blind Barb)
  • Belligobio
    Belligobio
    Belligobio is a small genus of cyprinid fishes containing two recognized species endemic to China.-Species:* Belligobio nummifer * Belligobio pengxianensis P.Q. Luo, Le & Yi-Yu Chen, 1977...

  • Biwia
    Biwia
    Biwia is a small genus of cyprinid fishes containing three species, all of which are endemic to Japan.-Species:* Biwia tama Ōshima, 1957* Biwia yodoensis Kawase & Hosoye, 2010* Biwia zezera...

  • Blicca (Silver Bream)
  • Caecobarbus (the Congo blind barb)
  • Caecocypris
    Caecocypris
    Caecocypris is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It contains the following species:* Caecocypris basimi...

  • Candidia
    Candidia
    Candidia is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to Taiwan. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Candidia barbata * Candidia pingtungensis I. S. Chen, J. H. Wu & C. H. Hsu, 2008...

  • Capoeta
    Capoeta
    Capoeta is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family. It was formerly included within the Barbus-Puntius complex. Today, it is restricted to a group of western Asian forms around the type species.- Species :...

    (Khramulyas)
  • Capoetobrama
  • Catla
    Catla
    Catla catla, , also known as Indian Carp, is the only member of the genus Catla, of the carp family Cyprinidae. It is a fish with a large protruding lower jaw. It is commonly found in rivers and freshwater lakes in India , Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Pakistan...

    (the Catla) (Note: some authorities consider this species to belong in the genus Gibelion)
  • Catlocarpio
  • Chagunius
    Chagunius
    Chagunius is a genus of cyprinid fish containing three species which occur in South and Southeast Asia.-Species:* Chagunius baileyi Rainboth, 1986* Chagunius chagunio * Chagunius nicholsi...

  • Chelaethiops
    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...

  • Chuanchia
  • Coptostomabarbus
    Coptostomabarbus
    Coptostomabarbus is a small genus of cyprinid fish containing only two African species.-Species:* Coptostomabarbus bellcrossi Poll, 1969* Coptostomabarbus wittei L. R. David & Poll, 1937...

  • Coreoleuciscus (the Korean Splendid Dace)
  • Cosmochilus
    Cosmochilus
    Cosmochilus is genus of cyprinid fish found in East and Southeast Asia. There are currently four species in this genus.-Species:* Cosmochilus cardinalis X. L. Chu & T. R. Roberts, 1985* Cosmochilus falcifer Regan, 1906...

  • Cyclocheilichthys
    Cyclocheilichthys
    Cyclocheilichthys is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae.- Species :* Cyclocheilichthys apogon * Cyclocheilichthys armatus...

  • Cyprinion
    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...

  • Diplocheilichthys
    Diplocheilichthys
    Diplocheilichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish consisting of two species, both of which are endemic to Indonesia.-Species:* Diplocheilichthys jentinkii * Diplocheilichthys pleurotaenia...

  • Discherodontus
    Discherodontus
    Discherodontus is a small genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia. The genus currently contains four described species.It contains the following species:* Discherodontus ashmeadi * Discherodontus halei...

  • Discolabeo
  • Eirmotus
    Eirmotus
    Eirmotus is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Southeast Asia. There are currently four recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Eirmotus furvus H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2008* Eirmotus insignis H. H. Tan & Kottelat, 2008...

  • Elopichthys
  • Epalzeorhynchos
    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 lineage which is distinct from the Chondrichthyes lineage...

  • Folifer
  • Gymnocypris
    Gymnocypris
    Gymnocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish containing 10 described species, all restricted to China.-Species:* Gymnocypris chilianensis S. C. Li & S. Y. Chang, 1974* Gymnocypris chui T. L. Tchang, T. H. Yueh & H. C. Hwang, 1964...

  • Gymnodanio
  • Gymnodiptychus
    Gymnodiptychus
    Gymnodiptychus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Asia. It currently contains three described species.-Species:* Gymnodiptychus dybowskii * Gymnodiptychus integrigymnatus T. P. Mo, 1989...

  • Hainania
  • Hampala
    Hampala
    Hampala is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family from South-East Asia.- Species :* Hampala ampalong * Hampala bimaculata * Hampala dispar H. M. Smith, 1934* Hampala lopezi Herre, 1924...

  • Hemiculterella
    Hemiculterella
    Hemiculterella is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in eastern Asia. There are currently three species in this genus.-Species:* Hemiculterella macrolepis Y. R. Chen, 1989* Hemiculterella sauvagei Warpachowski, 1887...

  • Hemigrammocapoeta
    Hemigrammocapoeta
    Hemigrammocapoeta is a small ray-finned fish genus of the family Cyprinidae.- Species :It contains the following species:* Hemigrammocapoeta culiciphaga Pellegrin, 1927* Hemigrammocapoeta elegans...

  • Hemigrammocypris (close to Aphyocypris?)
  • Henicorhynchus
    Henicorhynchus
    Henicorhynchus is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in Southeast Asia with one species extending into China. There are currently four species in this genus.-Species:* Henicorhynchus lineatus...

  • Herzensteinia
  • Horalabiosa
    Horalabiosa
    Horalabiosa is a genus of cyprinid fish found only in India. There are currently three described species in this genus.-Species:* Horalabiosa arunachalami J. A. Johnson & Soranam, 2001* Horalabiosa joshuai Silas, 1954...

  • Huigobio
  • Hypselobarbus
    Hypselobarbus
    Hypselobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to India.- Species :* Hypselobarbus curmuca * Hypselobarbus dobsoni * Hypselobarbus dubius Hypselobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to India.- Species :* Hypselobarbus curmuca (F. Hamilton, 1807) (Curmuca Barb)* Hypselobarbus dobsoni...

  • Hypsibarbus
    Hypsibarbus
    Hypsibarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Southeast Asia.- Species :* Hypsibarbus annamensis * Hypsibarbus lagleri Rainboth, 1996* Hypsibarbus macrosquamatus...

  • Iberocypris
  • Iranocypris
    Iranocypris
    Iranocypris typhlops, the Iran cave barb, is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family, the only member of the monotypic genus Iranocypris. It is endemic to Iran.-References:...

    – Iran cave barb
  • Kalimantania
  • Kosswigobarbus
  • Ladigesocypris
    Ladigesocypris
    Ladigesocypris is a small genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae. They were formerly included in Leucaspius. Some authors treat the genus as monotypic.The genus contains the following species:...

  • Ladislavia
  • Laocypris
  • Lepidopygopsis
  • Leucalburnus
  • Leucaspius – Moderlieschen
  • Linichthys
  • Lobocheilos
    Lobocheilos
    Lobocheilos is a ray-finned fish genus of the family Cyprinidae. Although it was first established by van Hasselt in 1823, its scientific name was created by Pieter Bleeker in 1853, when he corrected the original spelling Lobocheilus....

  • Longanalus
  • Longiculter
  • Luciobrama
  • Luciocyprinus
    Luciocyprinus
    Luciocyprinus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in China and Southeast Asia. There are currently two described species in this genus.-Species:* Luciocyprinus langsoni Vaillant, 1904* Luciocyprinus striolatus G. H. Cui & X. L. Chu, 1986...

  • Macrochirichthys – Long Pectoral-fin Minnow
  • Megarasbora
  • Mekongina
    Mekongina
    Mekongina is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia and China. There are currently three described species in this genus.-Species:* Mekongina bibarba V. H. Nguyen, 2001* Mekongina erythrospila Fowler, 1937...


  • Mesogobio
    Mesogobio
    Mesogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Eastern Asia. There are currently two described species.-Species:* Mesogobio lachneri Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1973* Mesogobio tumenensis Y. L. Chang, 1980...

  • Metzia
    Metzia
    Metzia is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. There are currently six described species in this genus.-Species:* Metzia alba * Metzia formosae * Metzia hautus...

  • Mylopharyngodon – Black Carp
  • Mystacoleucus
    Mystacoleucus
    Mystacoleucus is a genus of cyprinid fishes that are found in Southeast Asia. There are currently eight described species in this genus.-Species:* Mystacoleucus argenteus * Mystacoleucus atridorsalis Fowler, 1937...

  • Naziritor – Zhobi mahseers
  • Neobarynotus
  • Neolissochilus
    Neolissochilus
    Neolissochilus is a genus of cyprinid fishes that occur in Asia that are often grouped with the mahseers. There are currently 22 described species.-Species:* Neolissochilus baoshanensis...

    – "mahseers"
  • Nicholsicypris
    Nicholsicypris
    Nicholsicypris is a genus of cyprinid fish containing two species, one in Vietnam and the other in China.-Species:* Nicholsicypris dorsohorizontalis V. H. Nguyen & L. H. Doan, 1969* Nicholsicypris normalis...

  • Nipponocypris
    Nipponocypris
    Nipponocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish containing two species, one endemic to Japan, the other to South Korea.-Species:* Nipponocypris koreanus * Nipponocypris sieboldii...

  • Ochetobius
  • Onychostoma
    Onychostoma
    Onychostoma is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently 20 described species in this genus.- Species :* Onychostoma alticorpus * Onychostoma angustistomata...

  • Opsariichthys
    Opsariichthys
    Opsariichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently ten described species in the genus.-Species:* Opsariichthys bea T. T. Nguyen, 1987* Opsariichthys bidens Günther, 1873...

  • Oreoleuciscus
    Oreoleuciscus
    Oreoleuciscus is a genus of cyprinid fish which is only found in Russia and Mongolia. There are currently four recognized species in this genus-Species:* Oreoleuciscus angusticephalus Bogutskaya, 2001...

  • Osteobrama
    Osteobrama
    Osteobrama is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia consisting of 8 species. The name is derived from the Greek word osteon, meaning "bone", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish.- Species :...

  • Osteochilichthys
  • Oxygymnocypris
  • Pachychilon
    Pachychilon
    Pachychilon is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Europe. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.- Species :* Pachychilon macedonicum * Pachychilon pictum...

  • Paracanthobrama
  • Parachela
    Parachela
    Parachela is a genus of cyprinid fishes. There are currently seven species in this genus which are found in Southeast Asia.- Species :* Parachela cyanea Kottelat, 1995* Parachela hypophthalmus...

  • Paracrossochilus
    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...

  • Paralaubuca
    Paralaubuca
    Paralaubuca is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in Southeast Asia. There are currently five described species in this genus.-Species:* Paralaubuca barroni * Paralaubuca harmandi Sauvage, 1883...

  • Paraleucogobio
  • Parapsilorhynchus
    Parapsilorhynchus
    Parapsilorhynchus is a genus of cyprinid fishes endemic to India. There are currently four described species in this genus.-Species:* Parapsilorhynchus discophorus Hora, 1921 * Parapsilorhynchus elongatus D. F...

  • Pararasbora
  • Pararhinichthys – Cheat Minnow
  • Parasikukia
  • Paraspinibarbus
  • Parasqualidus
  • Parator
  • Parazacco
    Parazacco
    Parazacco is a genus of cyprinid fishes that contains two species, both of which are found in China and Vietnam.-Species:* Parazacco fasciatus * Parazacco spilurus...

  • Percocypris
    Percocypris
    Percocypris is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia. There are currently three described species in this genus.-Species:* Percocypris pingi * Percocypris regani...

  • Phreatichthys – Somalian Cavefish
  • Placogobio
    Placogobio
    Placogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to Vietnam. There are currently two described species in this genus.-Species:* Placogobio bacmeensis V. H. Nguyen & Vo, 2001* Placogobio nahangensis V. H. Nguyen, 2001...

  • Platypharodon
  • Platysmacheilus
    Platysmacheilus
    Platysmacheilus is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are currently four described species in this genus.-Species:* Platysmacheilus exiguus * Platysmacheilus longibarbatus Y. L. Lu, P. Q. Luo & Yi-Yu Chen, 1977...

  • Pogobrama
  • Poropuntius
    Poropuntius
    Poropuntius is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Asia. There are currently 40 species in this genus.- Species :The genus contains the following species:* Poropuntius angustus Kottelat, 2000* Poropuntius bantamensis...

  • Probarbus
    Probarbus
    Probarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. There are currently three species in this genus.- Species :* Probarbus jullieni Sauvage, 1880...

  • Procypris
    Procypris
    Procypris is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in eastern Asia. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Procypris mera S. Y. Lin, 1933* Procypris rabaudi...

  • Prolabeo
  • Prolabeops
    Prolabeops
    Prolabeops is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to Cameroon. There are two species in this genus.-Species:* Prolabeops melanhypopterus * Prolabeops nyongensis Daget, 1984...

  • Pseudaspius
  • Pseudobrama
  • Pseudohemiculter
    Pseudohemiculter
    Pseudohemiculter is a genus of cyprinid fish occurring in eastern Asia. There are currently four species in the genus.-Species:* Pseudohemiculter dispar * Pseudohemiculter hainanensis...

  • Pseudolaubuca
    Pseudolaubuca
    Pseudolaubuca is a genus of cyprinid fish from eastern Asia. There are currently four species in this genus.-Species:* Pseudolaubuca engraulis * Pseudolaubuca hotaya Đ. Y. Mai, 1978...

  • Pseudopungtungia
    Pseudopungtungia
    Pseudopungtungia is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Korea and China. There are only two described species in this genus.-Species:* Pseudopungtungia nigra Mori, 1935 * Pseudopungtungia tenuicorpus S. R. Jeon & K. C. Choi, 1980...

  • Ptychobarbus
    Ptychobarbus
    Ptychobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Asia. There are currently four described species in the genus.-Species:* Ptychobarbus chungtienensis * Ptychobarbus conirostris Steindachner, 1866...

  • Pungtungia
    Pungtungia
    Pungtungia is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Eastern Asia. There are currently three described species in this genus.-Species:* Pungtungia herzi Herzenstein, 1892* Pungtungia hilgendorfi...

  • Puntioplites
    Puntioplites
    Puntioplites is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in Southeast Asia. There are currently four described species in this genus.- Species :* Puntioplites bulu * Puntioplites falcifer H. M. Smith, 1929...

  • Rasborichthys
  • Rhinogobio
    Rhinogobio
    Rhinogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are currently five described species in this genus.-Species:* Rhinogobio cylindricus Günther, 1888* Rhinogobio hunanensis J. H. Tang, 1980* Rhinogobio nasutus...

  • Rohtee – Vatani rohtee
  • Rohteichthys
  • Rostrogobio
  • Rutilus
    Rutilus
    Rutilus is a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae, commonly called roaches. Locally, the name "roach" without any further qualifiers is also used for particular species, particularly the Common Roach Rutilus (Latin for "shining, red, golden, auburn") is a genus of fishes in the family...

    – roaches
  • Sanagia
  • Sawbwa
    Sawbwa (fish)
    The Sawbwa barb is a species of cyprinid fish, of the monotypic genus Sawbwa. The species is endemic to lake Inle in Myanmar.It grows to a maximum total length of about 35 mm...

    – Sawbwa Barb
  • Scaphiodonichthys
    Scaphiodonichthys
    Scaphiodonichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently three described species in this genus.-Species:* Scaphiodonichthys acanthopterus * Scaphiodonichthys burmanicus Vinciguerra, 1890...

  • Scaphognathops
    Scaphognathops
    Scaphognathops is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Southeast Asia. There are currently three species in this genus.-Species:* Scaphognathops bandanensis Boonyaratpalin & Srirungroj, 1971* Scaphognathops stejnegeri...

  • Scardinius
    Scardinius
    Scardinius is a genus of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family commonly called rudds. Locally, the name "rudd" without any further qualifiers is also used for particular species, particularly the Common Rudd...

    – rudds
  • Schismatorhynchos
    Schismatorhynchos
    Schismatorhynchos is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Asia. There are four species in this genus.-Species:* Schismatorhynchos endecarhapis Siebert & Tjakrawidjaja, 1998* Schismatorhynchos heterorhynchos...

  • Schizocypris
    Schizocypris
    Schizocypris is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern and south-western Asia. There are three species in this genus.-Species:* Schizocypris altidorsalis Bianco & Bănărescu, 1982* Schizocypris brucei Regan, 1914...

    – "snowtrout
    Snowtrout
    A snowtrout is any of a number of ray-finned fishes from the Himalayas region. These cyprinids resemble the very distantly related trouts in habitus due to convergent evolution.Genera containing "snowtrouts" are:* Diptychus* Ptychobarbus...

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  • Schizopyge
    Schizopyge
    Schizopyge is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia.- Species :* Schizopyge curvifrons * Schizopyge dainellii * Schizopyge niger...

    – "snowtrouts"
  • Schizopygopsis
    Schizopygopsis
    Schizopygopsis is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Asia. There are currently eight recognized species in this genus.- Species :* Schizopygopsis anteroventris Wu & Tsao, 1989* Schizopygopsis kessleri Herzenstein, 1891...

    – "snowtrouts"
  • Semiplotus
    Semiplotus
    Semiplotus is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in south Asia. There are currently three described species in this genus.-Species:* Semiplotus cirrhosus Chaudhuri, 1919* Semiplotus manipurensis Vishwanath & Kosygin, 2000...

  • Sikukia
    Sikukia
    Sikukia is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently four recognized species in this genus.-Species:* Sikukia flavicaudata X. L. Chu & Y. R. Chen, 1987* Sikukia gudgeri...

  • Sinilabeo
    Sinilabeo
    Sinilabeo is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently six described species in this genus.-Species:* Sinilabeo binhluensis V. H. Nguyen, 2001* Sinilabeo brevirostris V. H. Nguyen, 2001...

  • Spinibarbus
    Spinibarbus
    Spinibarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia. There are currently seven described species in this genus.-Species:* Spinibarbus babeensis V. H. Nguyen, 2001* Spinibarbus denticulatus...

  • Stypodon – Stumptooth minnow
  • Tampichthys
    Tampichthys
    Tampichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to Mexico. There are currently six described species in this genus.-Species:* Tampichthys catostomops...

  • Thynnichthys
    Thynnichthys
    Thynnichthys is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia from India to Borneo. There are currently four species in this genus.-Species:* Thynnichthys polylepis Bleeker, 1860* Thynnichthys sandkhol...

  • Tor
    Tor (genus)
    Tor is a genus of cyprinid fish that contains the majority of the species known as mahseers. The 20 species are found in Asia.-Species:* Tor ater T. R. Roberts, 1999* Tor barakae Arunkumar & Basudha, 2003...

    – "mahseer
    Mahseer
    Mahseer is the common name used for the genera Tor, Neolissochilus, and Naziritor in the family Cyprinidae . The name Mahseer is however more often restricted to members of the genus Tor...

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  • Troglocyclocheilus
  • Tropidophoxinellus
    Tropidophoxinellus
    Tropidophoxinellus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in Europe. There are currently three described species.- Species :* Tropidophoxinellus alburnoides * Tropidophoxinellus hellenicus...

  • Typhlobarbus
  • Typhlogarra – Iraq blind barb
  • Varicorhinus
    Varicorhinus
    Varicorhinus is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Africa. There are currently 37 species in this genus.- List of Species :* Varicorhinus altipinnis Banister & Poll, 1973* Varicorhinus ansorgii Boulenger, 1906...

  • Vimba
    Vimba
    Vimba is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in Europe and western Asia. There are currently three described species.- Species :* Vimba elongata * Vimba melanops...

  • Xenobarbus
  • Xenocyprioides
    Xenocyprioides
    Xenocyprioides is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are two described species in this genus.-Species:* Xenocyprioides carinatus Yi-Yu Chen & H. J. Huang, 1985* Xenocyprioides parvulus Yi-Yu Chen, 1982...

  • Xenophysogobio
    Xenophysogobio
    Xenophysogobio is a genus of cyprinid fish endemic to China. There are currently two described species in this genus.-Species:* Xenophysogobio boulengeri * Xenophysogobio nudicorpa...

  • Yaoshanicus
    Yaoshanicus
    Yaoshanicus is a genus of cyprinid fish found in eastern Asia with one species endemic to China and one endemic to Vietnam. There are currently two species in this genus.-Species:* Yaoshanicus arcus S. Y. Lin, 1931...

  • Zacco
    Zacco (fish)
    Zacco is a small East Asian genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Cyprinidae.- Species :* Zacco chengtui Sh. Kimura, 1934* Zacco platypus * Zacco taliensis...





Unlike most fish species, cyprinid fish generally increase in abundance in eutrophic lakes. Here, they contribute towards positive feedback as they are efficient at eating zooplankton
Zooplankton
Zooplankton are heterotrophic plankton. Plankton are organisms drifting in oceans, seas, and bodies of fresh water. The word "zooplankton" is derived from the Greek zoon , meaning "animal", and , meaning "wanderer" or "drifter"...

which would otherwise graze on the algae, reducing its abundance.
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