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Xenocyprididae

3 fish on EveryFish name Xenocyprididae among their families.

🇨🇳 China and 4 moreChinese hooksnout carp A small freshwater minnow native to East and Southeast Asia.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 ChinaWuchang bream A farmed freshwater fish native to the Yangtze basin in China.Carp · Rivers and lakes

🇨🇳 China and 1 moreBlack carp A large freshwater fish native to East Asia, known for eating snails and causing ecological issues in the US.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.

Chinese hooksnout carp: Frank M. Greco, CC BY 3.0, source
Wuchang bream: Totti, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Black carp: USFWS Fish and Aquatic Conservation, Public domain, source

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