''Cirrhinus'' is a genus of fish 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 verte ...

, the carps and minnows. Members of this genus are native to freshwater in

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and southern

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''Cirrhinus'' species list.
FishBase. 2011.

Species

There are about 10 species in the genus. * ''

Cirrhinus cirrhosus The mrigal carp (''Cirrhinus cirrhosus''), ( bn, মৃগেল, translit=mrigél) also known as the white carp, is a species of ray-finned fish in the carp family. Native to streams and rivers in India, the only surviving wild population is in ...

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, 1795) (mrigal carp) * ''

Cirrhinus fulungee The Deccan white carp (''Cirrhinus fulungee'') is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish native to Karnataka and Maharashtra in India initially but later to other states after the construction of dams. It is currently widely distributed across the ...

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, 1839) (Deccan white carp) * '' Cirrhinus jullieni'' Sauvage, 1878 * '' Cirrhinus macrops''

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, 1870 (hora white carp) * '' Cirrhinus microlepis'' Sauvage, 1878 (smallscale mud carp) * '' Cirrhinus molitorella'' (

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, 1844) (mud carp) * ''

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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, 1822) * '' Cirrhinus reba'' (Hamilton, 1822) (reba carp) * '' Cirrhinus rubirostris'' Roberts, 1997

References

Cyprinidae genera Cyprinid fish of Asia {{Labeoninae-stub