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Order: Cypriniformes


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Anabarilius brevianalis Asia 12.5 SL 1992
Anabarilius duoyiheensis Asia 2002
Anabarilius goldenlineus Asia 1995
Anabarilius grahami Kanglang fish Asia 15.6 SL 1908
Anabarilius liui Asia 27.3 SL 1944
Anabarilius longicaudatus Asia 20 SL 1986
Anabarilius macrolepis Asia 14.8 SL 1964
Anabarilius maculatus Asia 13.9 SL 1980
Anabarilius paucirastellus Asia 1988
Anabarilius polylepis Asia 22.7 SL 1904
Anabarilius qiluensis Asia 13.4 SL 1980
Anabarilius qionghaiensis Asia 26 SL 1986
Anabarilius songmingensis Asia 10 SL 1980
Anabarilius transmontanus Asia 16 TL 1925
Anabarilius xundianensis Asia 27 SL 1984
Anabarilius yangzonensis Asia 21.7 SL 1980
Anaecypris hispanica Spanish minnowcarp Europe 7.5 FL 1866
Anaecypris punica Africa 7.2 TL 1920
Ancherythroculter daovantieni Asia 1967
Ancherythroculter kurematsui Asia 22 TL 1934
Ancherythroculter lini Asia 25.8 SL 1994
Ancherythroculter nigrocauda Asia 27.5 SL 1964
Ancherythroculter wangi Asia 24 TL 1932
Anchicyclocheilus halfibindus Asia 1992
Anematichthys repasson Asia 28 SL 1853
Annamia normani Asia 7.8 SL 1931
Annamia thuathienensis Asia 2005
Aphyocypris amnis Asia 4.7 SL 2011
Aphyocypris arcus Asia 8 TL 1931
Aphyocypris chinensis Chinese bleak Asia 6 TL 1868
Aphyocypris dorsohorizontalis Asia 1969
Aphyocypris kikuchii Asia 8 TL 1919
Aphyocypris kyphus Asia 1978
Aphyocypris lini Garnet minnow Asia 5 TL 1966
Aphyocypris moltrechti Moltrecht's minnow Asia 5.9 SL 1908
Aphyocypris normalis Asia 10 TL 1927
Aphyocypris pulchrilineata Asia 3.5 SL 2013
Arabibarbus arabicus Asia 25.3 SL 1941
Arabibarbus grypus Shabout Asia 150 TL 1843
Arabibarbus hadhrami Asia 20.5 SL 2014
Araiocypris batodes Asia 3.3 SL 2008
Aspiolucius esocinus Pike asp Former USSR. 50 TL 1874
Aspiorhynchus laticeps Big-head schizothoracin Asia 126 TL 1877
Atrilinea macrolepis Asia 10 SL 1987
Atrilinea macrops Asia 9.2 SL 1931
Atrilinea roulei Asia 15 TL 1931
Aulopyge huegelii Dalmatian barbelgudgeon Europe 20 SL 1843
Aztecula sallaei Aztec chub Central America 1868
Balantiocheilos ambusticauda Burnt tail fish Southeast Asia 10.5 SL 2007
Balantiocheilos melanopterus Tricolor sharkminnow Asia 35 SL 1850
Balitora annamitica Asia 12 TL 1988
Balitora brucei Gray's stone loach Asia 10.5 SL 1830
Balitora burmanica Burmese stone loach Asia 10 TL 1932
Balitora chipkali Asia 5.1 SL 2016
Balitora eddsi Asia 4.6 SL 2010
Balitora elongata Asia 6.2 SL 1985
Balitora haithanhi Asia 2005
Balitora jalpalli Asia 6.2 SL 2013
Balitora kwangsiensis Asia 12 TL 1930
Balitora lancangjiangensis Asia 7.1 SL 1980
Balitora laticauda Asia 8.4 SL 2012
Balitora longibarbata Asia 7.8 SL 1982
Balitora ludongensis Ludong hillstream loach Asia 6.3 SL 2012
Balitora meridionalis Asia 8.2 SL 1988
Balitora mysorensis Slender stone loach Asia 7.3 SL 1941
Balitora nantingensis Asia 7.1 SL 2005
Balitora nigrocorpa Asia 2005
Balitora nujiangensis Asia 1983
Balitora tchangi Asia 4.6 SL 1982
Balitora vanlani Asia 2005
Balitora vanlongi Asia 2005
Balitoropsis ophiolepis Asia 11.1 SL 1853
Balitoropsis zollingeri Asia 10 TL 1853
Ballerus ballerus Zope Eurasia 49 TL 1758
Ballerus sapa White-eye bream Europe and Asia 35 TL 1814
Bangana almorae Asia 1912
Bangana brevirostris Asia 9.4 SL 2009
Bangana dero Kalabans Asia 75 TL 1822
Bangana devdevi Asia 50 NG 1936
Bangana diplostoma Asia 17.2 TL 1838
Bangana gedrosicus Asia 25 TL 1912
Barbatula altayensis Asia 1992
Barbatula barbatula Stone loach Eurasia 21 TL 1758
Barbatula bergamensis Asia 5.4 SL 2007
Barbatula compressirostris Asia 17.2 SL 1897
Barbatula dgebuadzei Asia 14.1 SL 2003
Barbatula emuensis Asia 12.3 SL 2019
Barbatula farsica Asia 7.1 TL 1998
Barbatula gibba Asia 7.6 SL 2012
Barbatula golubtsovi Asia 13.3 SL 2003
Barbatula liaoyangensis Asia 8.9 SL 2019
Barbatula linjiangensis Asia 9.2 SL 2019
Barbatula markakulensis Asia 8.5 SL 1939
Barbatula nuda Asia 22 TL 1864
Barbatula potaninorum Asia 10.5 SL 2007
Barbatula quignardi Europe 7 SL 1967
Barbatula restricta Europe 11.5 SL 2015
Barbatula sawadai Asia 15 SL 2007
Barbatula sturanyi Europe 10 SL 1892
Barbatula tomiana Asia 13.4 SL 1920
Barbatula toni Asia 19.8 TL 1869
Barbatula zetensis Europe 6.6 SL 2000
Barbatula zhangwuensis Asia 9.7 SL 2019
Barbichthys laevis Sucker barb Asia 31 TL 1842
Barbodes amarus Asia 10.8 1924
Barbodes aurotaeniatus Asia 9 TL 1885
Barbodes banksi Asia 12 TL 1940
Barbodes bantolanensis Asia 12.4 SL 1914
Barbodes baoulan Asia 10.8 SL 1926
Barbodes belinka Asia 23.5 TL 1860
Barbodes binotatus Spotted barb Asia 20 SL 1842
Barbodes bunau Asia 2005
Barbodes carnaticus Carnatic carp Asia 60 TL 1849
Barbodes cataractae Asia 1934
Barbodes clemensi Asia 23.5 TL 1924
Barbodes colemani Asia 1937
Barbodes disa Asia 9.2 TL 1932
Barbodes dorsimaculatus Blackline barb Asia 3.1 TL 1923
Barbodes dunckeri Bigspot barb Asia 1929
Barbodes everetti Clown barb Asia 15 TL 1894
Barbodes flavifuscus Asia 10.5 SL 1924
Barbodes hemictenus Asia 10 TL 1908
Barbodes herrei Asia 1934
Barbodes ivis Asia 1910
Barbodes joaquinae Asia 1968
Barbodes katolo Asia 11 SL 1924
Barbodes kuchingensis Asia 1940
Barbodes lanaoensis Asia 11.8 1924
Barbodes lindog Asia 13.2 TL 1924
Barbodes mahakkamensis Asia 1922
Barbodes manalak Asia 31.5 TL 1924
Barbodes manguaoensis Asia 14 TL 1914
Barbodes microps Asia 12.5 TL 1868
Barbodes montanoi Asia 9 TL 1881
Barbodes pachycheilus Asia 13.4 TL 1924
Barbodes palaemophagus Asia 12.8 TL 1924
Barbodes palata Asia 14 TL 1924
Barbodes palavanensis Asia 1895
Barbodes polylepis Asia 1988
Barbodes quinquemaculatus Asia 1907
Barbodes resinus Asia 22 TL 1924
Barbodes rhombeus Asia 6.5 SL 2000
Barbodes semifasciolatus Chinese barb Asia 7 TL 1868
Barbodes sirang Asia 12.4 TL 1932
Barbodes strigatus Asia 16.8 TL 1894
Barbodes sunieri Asia 28.7 TL 1916
Barbodes tras Asia 12.6 SL 1926
Barbodes truncatulus Asia 13.3 TL 1924
Barbodes tumba Asia 12.9 SL 1924
Barbodes umalii Asia 1968
Barbodes wynaadensis Asia 25 TL 1873
Barbodes xouthos Indian Ocean 2011
Barboides britzi Africa 1.3 SL 2006
Barboides gracilis Africa 1.8 SL 1929
Barbonymus altus Red tailed tinfoil Asia 25 TL 1868
Barbonymus balleroides Asia 30 TL 1842
Barbonymus collingwoodii Asia 21.5 TL 1868
Barbonymus gonionotus Silver barb Asia 43 TL 1849
Barbonymus platysoma Asia 18 TL 1855
Barbonymus schwanefeldii Tinfoil barb Asia 35 SL 1854
Barbopsis devecchii Somalian blind barb Africa 10.3 TL 1926
Barbucca diabolica Fire-eyed loach Asia 2.3 SL 1989
Barbucca elongata Asia 3.4 TL 2013
Barbus balcanicus Danube barbel Europe 17.5 SL 2002
Barbus barbus Barbel Europe 120 TL 1758
Barbus bergi Europe and Asia 29 SL 1935
Barbus biharicus Biharian barbel Europe 11.5 SL 2016
Barbus borysthenicus Europe. 1862
Barbus caninus Europe 25 SL 1839
Barbus carottae Europe 13.4 SL 1998
Barbus carpathicus Europe 27 SL 2002
Barbus ciscaucasicus Terek barbel Europe and Asia 50 SL 1877
Barbus cyclolepis Round-scaled barbell Europe and Asia 30 TL 1837
Barbus cyri Asia 33 TL 1865
Barbus euboicus Evia barbel Europe 18 SL 1950
Barbus fucini Europe 21.5 SL 1853
Barbus haasi Catalonian barbel Europe 30 TL 1925
Barbus karunensis Karun barbel Asia 15.4 SL 2017
Barbus kubanicus Kuban barbel Europe 62 SL 1912
Barbus lacerta Kura barbel Asia 37.5 TL 1843
Barbus lorteti Lortet’s barbell Asia 1882
Barbus macedonicus Europe 65 SL 1928
Barbus meridionalis Mediterranean barbel Europe 27 SL 1827
Barbus miliaris Asia 23.9 SL 1863
Barbus niluferensis Simav Barbel Asia 14.6 SL 2009
Barbus oligolepis Marmara barbel Asia 35 SL 1941
Barbus peloponnesius Europe 19 SL 1842
Barbus pergamonensis Europe 17 SL 1971
Barbus petenyi Europe 25 SL 1852
Barbus plebejus Europe 70 TL 1839
Barbus prespensis Europe 30 FL 1924
Barbus rebeli Euorpe 25 SL 1926
Barbus samniticus Europe 18.8 SL 2021
Barbus sperchiensis Europe 20 SL 1950
Barbus strumicae Europe 24 SL 1955
Barbus tauricus Crimean barbel Europe 70 SL 1877
Barbus thessalus Thessalian barbel Europe 34 TL 1971
Barbus tyberinus Europe 60 TL 1839
Barbus waleckii Europe 34 SL 1970
Barilius barila Asia 10 TL 1822
Barilius borneensis Asia 3.8 SL 1989
Barilius caudiocellatus Asia 8.6 SL 1984
Barilius evezardi Asia 11 TL 1872
Barilius huahinensis Asia 1934
Barilius mesopotamicus Mesopotamian minnow Asia 7.0 TL 1932
Barilius modestus Asia 12.5 TL 1872
Barilius naseeri Asia 12.0 TL 1986
Barilius pakistanicus Asia 10.1 TL 1978
Barilius ponticulus Asia 1945
Barilius torsai Asia 7.5 SL 2019
Barilius vagra Asia 15.6 TL 1822
Beaufortia cyclica Asia 4 SL 1980
Beaufortia fasciolata Asia 2005
Beaufortia huangguoshuensis Asia 5.2 SL 1987
Beaufortia intermedia Asia 1997
Beaufortia kweichowensis Asia 8 TL 1931
Beaufortia leveretti Asia 12 TL 1927
Beaufortia liui Asia 5.6 SL 1944
Beaufortia multiocellata Asia 2005
Beaufortia niulanensis Asia 4.0 SL 2009
Beaufortia pingi Asia 5 SL 1930
Beaufortia polylepis Asia 3.9 SL 1982
Beaufortia szechuanensis Asia 7.3 SL 1930
Beaufortia triocellata Asia 2005
Beaufortia zebroida Asia 2.7 SL 1930
Belligobio nummifer Asia 14.3 SL 1901
Belligobio pengxianensis Asia 11.5 SL 1977
Betadevario ramachandrani Asia 6.1 SL 2010
Bhavania arunachalensis Asia 2007
Bhavania australis Western Ghat loach Asia 9 SL 1849
Bibarba bibarba Asia 5.5 SL 2007
Bibarba parvoculus Asia 5.7 SL 2015
Biwia springeri Asia 1973
Biwia tama Asia 1957
Biwia yodoensis Asia 2010
Biwia zezera Asia 6 TL 1895
Blicca bjoerkna White bream Europe and Asia 45.5 TL 1758
Boraras brigittae Asia 3.5 TL 1978
Boraras maculatus Dwarf rasbora Asia 2.5 SL 1904
Boraras merah Asia 2 SL 1991
Boraras micros Asia 1.3 SL 1993
Boraras naevus Asia 1.3 SL 2011
Boraras urophthalmoides Least rasbora Asia. 4 TL 1991
Botia almorhae Almorha loach Asia 15.5 SL 1831
Botia birdi Birdi loach Asia 18.6 TL 1909
Botia dario Bengal loach Asia 15.1 TL 1822
Botia dayi Hora loach Asia 12 TL 1932
Botia histrionica Loach Asia 13 TL 1860
Botia kubotai Asia 15 NG 2004
Botia lohachata Reticulate loach Asia 15.4 TL 1912



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