The carplets (''Amblypharyngodon'') are a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of fishes in the family

Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ve ...

. They are up to in total length and inhabit a wide range of slow-moving or stagnant freshwater habitats in

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and

Mainland Southeast Asia Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...

Species

There are 5 recognized species: * ''

Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii The Burmese carplet (''Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii''), is a species of carplet in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Ayeyarwady, Sittaung, and lower Salween rivers in Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. ...

'' ( Blyth, 1860) (Burmese carplet) * ''

Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae ''Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae'', the princess carplet, is a species of carplet in the family Cyprinidae from mainland south-east Asia. Description ''Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae'' has 10 soft rays in the dorsal fin with 8 in the anal fin, it ...

'' Vidthayanon &

Kottelat Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, SwitzerlandCo ...

, 1990 * ''

Amblypharyngodon melettinus The attentive carplet or silver carplet (''Amblypharyngodon melettinus'') is a species of carplet in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in freshwater streams, ponds and rivers of India and Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී � ...

'' (

Valenciennes Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France. It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a ...

, 1844) (Attentive carplet) * ''

Amblypharyngodon microlepis The Indian carplet (''Amblypharyngodon microlepis'') is a species of carplet in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in India and Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It ...

'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (

Indian carplet The Indian carplet (''Amblypharyngodon microlepis'') is a species of carplet in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in India and Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It ...

) * ''

Amblypharyngodon mola The mola carplet (''Amblypharyngodon mola'') is a species of carplet in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, although IUCN considers its presence certain only in Pakistan, India, and Bang ...

'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Mola carplet) The

green carplet The horadandia, green carplet, or glowlight carplet (''Horadandia atukorali''), is a species of very small (maximum total length) cyprinid fish that is found in slow-moving or still fresh and brackish water habitats in western Sri Lanka. Earlier ...

is in a separate genus, ''Horadandia atukorali''

References

Amblypharyngodon Freshwater fish of Asia Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker {{Cyprinidae-stub