Cirrhinus Explained

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.

Species

There are 9 species in the genus.

• Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795) (mrigal carp)
• Cirrhinus inornatus Roberts, 1997
• Cirrhinus jullieni Sauvage, 1878
• Cirrhinus macrops Steindachner, 1870 (hora white carp)
• Cirrhinus microlepis Sauvage, 1878 (smallscale mud carp)
• Cirrhinus molitorella (Valenciennes, 1844) (mud carp)
• Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton, 1822)
• Cirrhinus reba (Hamilton, 1822) (reba carp)
• Cirrhinus rubirostris Roberts, 1997