Cyprinus

Cyprinus carpio, also called the common carp

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.

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.