Cyprinidae
72 fish on EveryFish name Cyprinidae among their families.
GroupSharkRayCarpCatfishSalmonidHerringCodTunaPerch-likeCichlidReef fishEelFlatfishLivebearerAncientOther
WaterRivers and lakesEstuaries and mangrovesCoasts and shelvesCoral reefsOpen oceanDeep seaPolar and cold seasCaves and springsBetween sea and river
🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreShabout
A large freshwater carp native to the Tigris-Euphrates basin in Western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇨🇳 ChinaPrzewalskii's naked carp
Endemic cyprinid of China's Qinghai Lake basinCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJava barb
A silvery freshwater fish farmed across Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 AustraliaCommon roach
A widespread European freshwater fish with red fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇵🇰 Pakistan and 4 moreSwamp barb
Small tropical freshwater fish from South AsiaCarp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 morePool barb
Small tropical cyprinid from Asian inland watersCarp · Rivers and lakes · 1822
🇦🇫 Afghanistan and 4 moreOlive barb
A cyprinid fish native to South and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
WorldCarp
A broad term for freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family, valued as food and sport.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇦🇺 Australia and 2 moreCommon carp
A widespread freshwater fish native to Europe and Asia, now farmed globally and often invasive.Carp · Rivers and lakes
🇮🇳 India and 4 moreMrigal carp
A farmed freshwater carp native to South Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Shabout: seyedahmadreza Hashemi, CC BY 3.0, source
- Przewalskii's naked carp: EricDiao, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Java barb: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, source
- Common roach: Scardinius_erythropthalmus1_resize.jpg : Original uploader was Algirda, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Swamp barb: AravindManoj, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Olive barb: Viswaprabha, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Carp: Dezidor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Mrigal carp: Anna Frodesiak, CC0, source