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Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 154280

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Cypriniformes (Order) > Cyprinidae (Family)
Status accepted
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Typetaxon Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Parent Cyprinidae
Synonymised
taxa
  Carpio Heckel, 1843 (synonym)
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

basis of record (from synonym): FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

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 Species Cyprinus acutidorsalis Wang, 1979
Species Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758

Species Cyprinus abramioides Sykes, 1839 accepted as Gibelion catla (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus acuminatus Heckel & Kner, 1858 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus albula Nardo, 1827 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus alburnus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus alepidotus Bloch, 1784 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus amarus Koch, 1840 accepted as Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus americanus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Menticirrhus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus angulatus Heckel, 1843 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus anjana Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Rasbora daniconius (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus annoni Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus aphya Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus aspius Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus atpar Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Chela cachius (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus atrovirens Richardson, 1846 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus auratus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Carassius auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus bacaila Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Salmophasia bacaila (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus ballerus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ballerus ballerus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus barbus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Barbus barbus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus bipunctatus Bloch, 1782 accepted as Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus bithynicus Richardson, 1857 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus bjoerkna Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus blicca Bloch, 1782 accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus blockii Nau, 1788 accepted as Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus brama Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Abramis brama (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus cachius Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Chela cachius (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus caeruleus Yarrell, 1833 accepted as Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus calbasu Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Labeo calbasu (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus cantonensis Osbeck, 1765 accepted as Periophthalmus modestus Cantor, 1842
Species Cyprinus capito Scopoli, 1786 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus carassius Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus carinatus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus castostomus Forster, 1773 accepted as Catostomus catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
Species Cyprinus catla Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Gibelion catla (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus catostomus Forster, 1773 accepted as Catostomus catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
Species Cyprinus caurinus Richardson, 1836 accepted as Mylocheilus caurinus (Richardson, 1836)
Species Cyprinus cephalus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus chalcoides Güldenstädt, 1772 accepted as Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772)
Species Cyprinus charax Lesniewski, 1837 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus chinensis Basilewsky, 1855 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus chrysoprasius Pallas, 1814 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus chub Bonnaterre, 1788 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795 accepted as Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795)
Species Cyprinus cirrosus Schaeffer, 1760 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus cleveza Pallas, 1814 accepted as Abramis sapa (Pallas, 1814)
Species Cyprinus clupeoides Pallas, 1776 accepted as Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstädt, 1772)
Species Cyprinus compressus Hollberg, 1822 accepted as Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus conirostris Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus coriaceus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus cultratus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Pelecus cultratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus dancena Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Oryzias dancena (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus daniconius Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Rasbora daniconius (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus danrica Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Esomus danricus (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus dobula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus elatus Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus erythrophthalmus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus erythrops Pallas, 1814 accepted as Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus esca Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Clupea harengus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus farenus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Ballerus ballerus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus festetitsii Bonaparte, 1845 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus fischeri Valenciennes, 1844 accepted as Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843)
Species Cyprinus flammans Richardson, 1846 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus flavipinnis Valenciennes, 1842 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus fossicola Richardson, 1846 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus fulvus Vallot, 1837 accepted as Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus fuscus Vallot, 1837 accepted as Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus galian Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus gibbosus Pallas, 1814 accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus gibelio Bloch, 1782 accepted as Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus gibelioides Cantor, 1842 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus gieben Wulff, 1765 accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus gobio Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Gobio gobio gobio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus gohama Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Crossocheilus latius (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus gonorynchus Linnaeus, 1766 accepted as Gonorynchus gonorynchus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Cyprinus graining Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus grislagine Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus gronovii Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus haematopterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus hudsonius (Lesueur, 1817) accepted as Catostomus catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
Species Cyprinus hungaricus Heckel, 1836 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus idbarus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Leuciscus idus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus idus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Leuciscus idus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus isetensis Georgi, 1775 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus jaculus Jurine, 1825 accepted as Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus jeses Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Leuciscus idus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus jogia Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Esomus danricus (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus kietaibeli Reisinger, 1830 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus kittaibeli Reisinger, 1830 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus kleweza Güldenstädt, 1791 accepted as Abramis sapa (Pallas, 1814)
Species Cyprinus lacustris Pallas, 1814 accepted as Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus lancastriensis Shaw, 1804 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus laskyr Güldenstädt, 1814 accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus latius Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Crossocheilus latius (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus latus Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus latus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus laubuca Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Laubuca laubuca (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus leuciscus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus lugdunensis Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus lumaireul Schinz, 1840 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus macrolepidotus Hartmann, 1827 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus macrolepidotus Meidinger, 1794 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus meckel Hermann, 1804 accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus melanotus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus microlepidotus Ekström, 1835 accepted as Leuciscus idus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus micropogon (Valenciennes, 1832) accepted as Labeo calbasu (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus moles Agassiz, 1835 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus moles Selys-Longchamps, 1842 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus moles Valenciennes, 1842 accepted as Carassius carassius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus morella Leske, 1774 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus mrigala Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795)
Species Cyprinus mugilis Vallot, 1837 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus muraenula Wulff, 1765 accepted as Coregonus albula (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus nasus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Chondrostoma nasus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus nigroauratus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus nordmannii Valenciennes, 1842 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus nudus Bloch, 1784 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus oblonga Swainson, 1839 accepted as Salmophasia bacaila (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus orfus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Leuciscus idus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus orphus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Leuciscus idus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus orthonotus Hermann, 1804 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus palah (Cuvier, 1829) accepted as Chanos chanos (Forsskål, 1775)
Species Cyprinus pallasii Arendt, 1860 accepted as Leucaspius delineatus (Heckel, 1843)
Species Cyprinus persa Pallas, 1814 accepted as Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus phoxinus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus pigus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus plestya Leske, 1774 accepted as Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus punctatus Shaw, 1804 accepted as Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus rapax Leske, 1774 accepted as Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus rapax Pallas, 1814 accepted as Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus rasbora Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Rasbora rasbora (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus regina Bonaparte, 1836 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus regius Nau, 1791 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus rex Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus rexcyprinorum Bloch, 1782 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus riemling Hermann, 1804 accepted as Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus rivularis (Pallas, 1773) accepted as Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus rohita Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus rondeletii Shaw, 1802 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus rostratus Tilesius, 1813 accepted as Catostomus catostomus catostomus (Forster, 1773)
Species Cyprinus rubellio Leske, 1774 accepted as Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus rufus Vallot, 1837 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus rutilus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus ruttilus Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus sada Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Crossocheilus latius (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus salax Gronow, 1854 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus salmoneus Gronow, 1854 accepted as Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus sanderi Bloch & Schneider, 1801 accepted as Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus sapa Pallas, 1814 accepted as Abramis sapa (Pallas, 1814)
Species Cyprinus sarana Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Puntius sarana (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus scardula Nardo, 1827 accepted as Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus sculponeatus Richardson, 1846 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus serta Shaw, 1804 accepted as Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus simus Hermann, 1804 accepted as Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus simus Römer-Büchner, 1827 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus sophore Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Puntius sophore (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus specularis Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus spirlin Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Alburnoides bipunctatus (Bloch, 1782)
Species Cyprinus squalus Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus sutiha Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Esomus danricus (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus taeniatus Eichwald, 1831 accepted as Aspius aspius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus thermalis Heckel, 1843 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus ticto Hamilton, 1822 accepted as Puntius ticto (Hamilton, 1822)
Species Cyprinus tinca Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus tincaauratus Bloch, 1792 accepted as Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus tincaurea Shaw, 1804 accepted as Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus tossicole Elera, 1895 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus umbra Walbaum, 1792 accepted as Leuciscus leuciscus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus variegatus Bosc, 1803 accepted as Cyprinodon variegatus variegatus Lacepède, 1803
Species Cyprinus vimba Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus vimpa Strøm, 1784 accepted as Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus viridescens Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus viridiviolaceus Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus vittatus Valenciennes, 1842 accepted as Cyprinus carpio carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus wiresuba Güldenstädt, 1791 accepted as Rutilus frisii (Nordmann, 1840)
Species Cyprinus xanthopterus Vallot, 1837 accepted as Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus zeelt Lacepède, 1803 accepted as Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Cyprinus zerta Leske, 1774 accepted as Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Cyprinus carpio
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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2013-03-11 11:05:30Z  checked  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154280 on 2013-06-19
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