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.

Cirrhinus
Cirrhinus reba
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Cirrhinus
Oken, 1817
Type species
Cyprinus cirrhosus
Bloch, 1795
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Species

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There are 9 species in the genus.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cirrhinus". FishBase. February 2024 version.