- Animals
- ›Chordates
- ›Vertebrates
- ›Ray-finned Fishes
- ›Carps, Characins, Catfishes and Allies
- ›Minnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches
- ›Carps and Minnows
- ›Cyprinids
Typical Carps
Cyprininae
The Cyprininae are one of at least 13 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains three genera in its strictest definition but many more are included depending on which authority is defining it, especially if the Labeobarbinae is not considered to be a valid grouping. Fishbase places 12 genera in the Cyprininae .
34 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 221 known species
Typical Carps
genusCyprinus
Crucian Carps
genusCarassius
Tinfoil Barbs
genusBarbonymus
Poropuntius
genusPoropuntius
Bala Sharks
genusBalantiocheilos
Mystacoleucus
genusMystacoleucus
Cyclocheilichthys
genusCyclocheilichthys
Hypsibarbus
genusHypsibarbus
Cyprinus × Carassius
genushybridCyprinus × Carassius
Puntioplites
genusPuntioplites
Cyclocheilos
genusCyclocheilos
Golden-line Fishes
genusSinocyclocheilus
Cosmochilus
genusCosmochilus
Sawbwa
genusSawbwa
Eirmotus
genusEirmotus
Sikukia
genusSikukia
Scaphognathops
genusScaphognathops
Carassioides
genusCarassioides
Amblyrhynchichthys
genusAmblyrhynchichthys
Procypris
genusProcypris
Discherodontus
genusDischerodontus
Parasikukia
genusParasikukia
Paled Barbs
genusAlbulichthys
Troglocyclocheilus
genusTroglocyclocheilus
Typhlobarbus
genusTyphlobarbus
Pseudosinocyclocheilus
genusPseudosinocyclocheilus
Kalimantania
genusKalimantania
Laocypris
genusLaocypris
Parator
genusParator
Paraspinibarbus
genusParaspinibarbus
Luciocyprinus
genusLuciocyprinus
Rohteichthys
genusRohteichthys
Neobarynotus
genusNeobarynotus
Giant Salmon Carps
genusAaptosyax
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cyprininae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 607661.