Cyprinus

Cyprinus is a genus of cyprinids in the order Cypriniformes. They are called the typical carps. The type species of the genus, the Eurasian carp, is also an invasive species.

Cyprinus carpio, also called the common carp

Species

Extant species

• Cyprinus acutidorsalis H. L. Chen & H. Q. Huang, 1977
• Cyprinus barbatus H. L. Chen & H. Q. Huang, 1977
• Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758 (Common carp)
• Cyprinus chilia H. W. Wu, G. R. Yang, P. Q. Yue & H. J. Huang, 1963
• Cyprinus dai (V. H. Nguyễn & L. H. Doan, 1969)
• Cyprinus daliensis H. L. Chen & H. Q. Huang, 1977
• Cyprinus exophthalmus Đ. Y. Mai, 1978
• Cyprinus fuxianensis Yang et al., 1977
• Cyprinus hieni T. T. Nguyen & A. T. Ho, 2003
• Cyprinus hyperdorsalis V. H. Nguyễn, 1991
• Cyprinus ilishaestomus H. L. Chen & H. Q. Huang, 1977
• Cyprinus intha Annandale, 1918
• Cyprinus longipectoralis H. L. Chen & H. Q. Huang, 1977
• Cyprinus longzhouensis Y. J. Yang & H. Q. Huang, 1977
• Cyprinus megalophthalmus H. W. Wu et al., 1963
• Cyprinus melanes (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
• Cyprinus micristius Regan, 1906
• Cyprinus multitaeniatus Pellegrin & Chevey, 1936
• Cyprinus pellegrini T. L. Tchang, 1933
• Cyprinus qionghaiensis C. H. Liu, 1981
• Cyprinus quidatensis T. T. Nguyen, V. T. Le, T. B. Le & X. K. Nguyễn, 1999
• Cyprinus rubrofuscus Lacépède, 1803 (Amur carp)
• Cyprinus yunnanensis T. L. Tchang, 1933

Extinct species

• †Cyprinus yilongensis Yang et al., 1977 (Yilong Lake carp)

Image gallery

Cyprinus yilongensis, the Yilong Lake carp

Koi fish

Related pages

• Cyprinus carpio
• Cyprinus intha

References

1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Cyprinus in FishBase. February 2017 version.
2. de Graaf, Martin; Megens, Hendrik-Jan; Samallo, Johannis & Sibbing, Ferdinand A. (2007): Evolutionary origin of Lake Tana's (Ethiopia) small Barbus species: indications of rapid ecological divergence and speciation. Animal Biology. 57(1): 39–48.