Cyprinus

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Cyprinus

Cyprinus is the genus

Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of typical carp
Carp

Carp is a common name for various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish originally from Eurasia and southeast Asia....
s in family Cyprinidae, most notable for its widespread member, the Common Carp
Common carp

The Common carp or European carp is a widespread freshwater fish most closely related to the common goldfish , with which it is capable of Hybrid ....
(Cyprinus carpio).

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Cyprinus is the genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
of typical carp
Carp

Carp is a common name for various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large group of fish originally from Eurasia and southeast Asia....
s in family Cyprinidae, most notable for its widespread member, the Common Carp
Common carp

The Common carp or European carp is a widespread freshwater fish most closely related to the common goldfish , with which it is capable of Hybrid ....
(Cyprinus carpio). The other species are generally found in restricted areas of Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, in some cases occurring only in single lake
Lake

A lake is a terrain feature , a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin and moves slowly if it moves at all....
s.

Species

Cyprinus acutidorsalis
Cyprinus barbatus (Erhai Lake
Erhai Lake

Erhai Lake is an alpine fault lake in Yunnan province, China. Erhai Lake was also known as Yeyuze or Kunming Lake in ancient times. The lake used to be a royal deer ranch for the Nanzhao Kingdom....
, Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
)
Common carp
Common carp

The Common carp or European carp is a widespread freshwater fish most closely related to the common goldfish , with which it is capable of Hybrid ....
(Cyprinus carpio)
Cyprinus daliensis (Erhai Lake
Erhai Lake

Erhai Lake is an alpine fault lake in Yunnan province, China. Erhai Lake was also known as Yeyuze or Kunming Lake in ancient times. The lake used to be a royal deer ranch for the Nanzhao Kingdom....
, Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
)
Cyprinus ilishaestomus (Qilihu Lake, Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
)
Cyprinus intha
spring fish Cyprinus longipectoralis (Erhai Lake
Erhai Lake

Erhai Lake is an alpine fault lake in Yunnan province, China. Erhai Lake was also known as Yeyuze or Kunming Lake in ancient times. The lake used to be a royal deer ranch for the Nanzhao Kingdom....
, Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
)
Cyprinus mahuensis
Cyprinus megalophthalmus (Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
)
Cyprinus micristius
Cyprinus micristius

Cyprinus micristius is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found only in China....
(Lake Dian
Lake Dian

Lake Dian or Kunming Lake is a large inter-land lake located on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau close to Kunming, Yunnan, China. Its nickname is "Sparkling Pearl Embedded in a Highland," and it was the model for the Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace in Beijing....
, Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
)
Cyprinus multitaeniata
Cyprinus pellegrini (Xingyun Lake and Jilu Lake, Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
)
Cyprinus rubrofuscus
Cyprinus yilongensis
Cyprinus yilongensis

Cyprinus yilongensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found only in China....
(Yi-Lung Lake, Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
, China
China

China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
)
Cyprinus yunnanensis (Yunnan
Yunnan

is a political divisions of China of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately 394,000 square kilometers ....
)

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In some places, such as Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, it is illegal to not kill a Cyprinus fish when you see one because of the over-population.