Cirrhinus

Cirrhinus
Cirrhinus cirrhosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Cirrhinus
Oken, 1817
Species

11

Cirrhinus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. Members of this genus are native to freshwater in South Asia, Indochina and southern China.[1]

Species

There are about 11 species in the genus.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, R. and D. Pauly. (Eds.) Cirrhinus species list. FishBase. 2011.


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