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Cyprinidae

72 fish on EveryFish name Cyprinidae among their families.

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreRohu A large silver carp from South Asian rivers, farmed for food and prized as a game fish.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇷 Iran and 1 moreShabout A large freshwater carp native to the Tigris-Euphrates basin in Western Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇯🇵 JapanNigorobuna Wild carp from Lake Biwa used for fermented sushi.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 ThailandRed-tailed black shark A critically endangered Thai carp kept widely in aquariums for its black body and red tail.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1931

🇮🇷 Iran and 3 moreMangar Large cyprinid fish of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1843

🇰🇭 Cambodia and 2 moreGiant barb The largest cyprinid fish, native to major river basins in Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 2 moreEmpurau A large Southeast Asian river fish prized for its high market value.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJava barb A silvery freshwater fish farmed across Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇹🇭 Thailand and 4 moreJullien's golden carp Endangered Southeast Asian river fish with five stripesCarp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 China and 1 moreMud carp Freshwater fish farmed in Asia since the Tang dynastyCarp · Rivers and lakes

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka and 2 moreCherry barb Small tropical freshwater fish from Sri Lanka, popular in aquariums for its bright red colour.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1929

🇮🇳 India and 1 morePengba A ray-finned fish native to Manipur and Myanmar.Carp · Rivers and lakes 🇨🇳 China and 4 moreSchizothorax plagiostomus A high-altitude cyprinid from the Himalayan rivers.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 India and 1 moreTor khudree A large freshwater carp native to Indian rivers, known for its silvery body and red fins.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1838

🇵🇰 Pakistan and 3 moreKuria labeo A large freshwater carp native to South Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 India and 1 moreBata A slow-moving freshwater carp native to India and Bangladesh.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

🇨🇳 China and 3 moreGrass carp Large herbivorous freshwater fish used for weed control and food.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 China and 4 moreBighead carp A large Asian freshwater fish farmed globally and invasive in North America.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 China and 1 moreSilver carp A filter-feeding freshwater fish native to Asia, now invasive in North America.Carp · Rivers and lakes · 1844

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreMrigal carp A farmed freshwater carp native to South Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇮🇳 India and 4 moreCatla Large freshwater carp farmed across South Asia for food.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.

Rohu: Wiki Farazi, CC0, source
Shabout: seyedahmadreza Hashemi, CC BY 3.0, source
Nigorobuna: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Red-tailed black shark: Astellar87, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Mangar: maleek silawi, CC BY 3.0, source
Giant barb: User:Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Empurau: Wibowo Djatmiko ( Wie146 ), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Java barb: Yung-Lun Lin, CC BY 4.0, source
Jullien's golden carp: Lerdsuwa, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Mud carp: Daderot, Public domain, source
Cherry barb: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Pengba: Achilles, Public domain, source
Tor mahseer: Sir Francis Day, Public domain, source
Kuria labeo: Hamid Badar Osmany, CC BY 3.0, source
Bata: Priyankar Chakraborty, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Carp: Dezidor, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
Grass carp: Hagerty, Ryan/USFWS, Public domain, source
Bighead carp: Invasive Carp Regional Coordinating Committee, CC BY 2.0, source
Silver carp: USFWS Mountain-Prairie, Public domain, source
Mrigal carp: Anna Frodesiak, CC0, source
Catla: Khalid Mahmood, CC BY-SA 4.0, source

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