Cirrhinus Macrops
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Hora white carp (''Cirrhinus macrops'') is a species of
ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or hor ...
in the genus ''
Cirrhinus ''Cirrhinus'' is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. Members of this genus are native to freshwater in South Asia, Indochina and southern China.Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.''Cirrhinus'' species list. FishBase. 2011. ...
'' from India. Some authorities regard it as a
synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...
of ''
Cirrhinus mrigala ''Cirrhinus mrigala'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus ''Cirrhinus''. It is found in northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. This species and the Mrigal carp The mrigal carp (''Cirrhinus cirrhosus''), ( bn, মৃগেল, ...
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Footnotes

* Cirrhinus Carp Fish described in 1870 {{Labeoninae-stub