WoRMS taxon details
Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795)
280191 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280191)
accepted
Species
Cirrhina blochii Valenciennes, 1842 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cirrhina chaudhryi Srivastava, 1968 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cirrhina cirrhosa (Bloch, 1795) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cirrhina leschenaultii (Valenciennes, 1842) · unaccepted
Cirrhinius cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Cirrhinus blochii Valenciennes, 1842 · unaccepted
Cirrhinus cauverii Jerdon, 1849 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cirrhinus chaudhryi Srivastava, 1968 · unaccepted (synonym)
Cirrhinus cirrhosa (Bloch, 1795) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Cirrhinus cuvierii Jerdon, 1849 · unaccepted
Cirrhinus horai Lakshmanan, 1966 · unaccepted
Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795 · unaccepted
Dangila leschenaultii Valenciennes, 1842 · unaccepted
Henicorhynchus horai (Lakshmanan, 1966) · unaccepted
Mrigala buchanani Bleeker, 1860 · unaccepted
(of Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch, 1795). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280191 on 2026-05-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795) Bloch, M. E. (1795). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 9. i-ii + 1-192, Pls. 397-429. [details]
original description (of Cirrhinus cuvierii Jerdon, 1849) Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh-water fishes of southern India. (Continued from p. 149.). <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 2): 302-346. [details]
original description (of Cirrhinus horai Lakshmanan, 1966) Lakshmanan, M.A.V. (1966). Cirrhinus horai, a new cyprinid fish from the Godavari River system with notes on its bionomics. <em>Journal of the Zoological Society of India.</em> 16(1–2): 59–64. [details]
original description (of Mrigala buchanani Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). De visschen van den Indischen Archipel, beschreven en toegelicht. Deel II. Ordo Cyprini, karpers. [Also: Ichthyologiae Archipelagi Indici Prodromus, Volumen II. Cyprini]. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 7 (art. 2): 1-492 + i-xiii. [details]
original description (of Dangila leschenaultii Valenciennes, 1842) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. [details]
original description (of Cirrhina blochii Valenciennes, 1842) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. [details]
original description (of Cirrhinus cauverii Jerdon, 1849) Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh-water fishes of southern India. (Continued from p. 149.). <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 2): 302-346. [details]
original description (of Cirrhina chaudhryi Srivastava, 1968) Srivastava, G.J. (1968). Fishes of eastern Uttar Pradesh. <em>Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, India.</em> i–xxii + 1–163. [details]
original description (of Cirrhinus cuvierii Jerdon, 1849) Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh-water fishes of southern India. (Continued from p. 149.). <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 2): 302-346. [details]
original description (of Cirrhinus horai Lakshmanan, 1966) Lakshmanan, M.A.V. (1966). Cirrhinus horai, a new cyprinid fish from the Godavari River system with notes on its bionomics. <em>Journal of the Zoological Society of India.</em> 16(1–2): 59–64. [details]
original description (of Mrigala buchanani Bleeker, 1860) Bleeker, P. (1860). De visschen van den Indischen Archipel, beschreven en toegelicht. Deel II. Ordo Cyprini, karpers. [Also: Ichthyologiae Archipelagi Indici Prodromus, Volumen II. Cyprini]. <em>Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae.</em> v. 7 (art. 2): 1-492 + i-xiii. [details]
original description (of Dangila leschenaultii Valenciennes, 1842) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. [details]
original description (of Cirrhina blochii Valenciennes, 1842) Cuvier, G.; Valenciennes, A. (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome seizième. Livre dix-huitième. Les Cyprinoïdes. v. 16: i-xx + 1-472, Pls. 456-487. [details]
original description (of Cirrhinus cauverii Jerdon, 1849) Jerdon, T. C. (1849). On the fresh-water fishes of southern India. (Continued from p. 149.). <em>Madras Journal of Literature and Science.</em> v. 15 (pt 2): 302-346. [details]
original description (of Cirrhina chaudhryi Srivastava, 1968) Srivastava, G.J. (1968). Fishes of eastern Uttar Pradesh. <em>Vishwavidyalaya Prakashan, Varanasi, India.</em> i–xxii + 1–163. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cirrhinus chaudhryi Srivastava, 1968)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cirrhinus cuvierii Jerdon, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cirrhina cirrhosa (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhina leschenaultii (Valenciennes, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Dangila leschenaultii Valenciennes, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mrigala buchanani Bleeker, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhina blochii Valenciennes, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrhinus cirrhosus)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mrigala buchanani Bleeker, 1860)
To Fishbase (from synonym Dangila leschenaultii Valenciennes, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhinus cuvierii Jerdon, 1849)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhinus horai Lakshmanan, 1966)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhina blochii Valenciennes, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhinus cauverii Jerdon, 1849)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhina cirrhosa (Bloch, 1795))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhinus cirrhosa (Bloch, 1795))
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Cirrhinus chaudhryi Srivastava, 1968)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cirrhinus chaudhryi Srivastava, 1968)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cirrhinus cuvierii Jerdon, 1849)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Cirrhina cirrhosa (Bloch, 1795))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhina leschenaultii (Valenciennes, 1842))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Dangila leschenaultii Valenciennes, 1842)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Mrigala buchanani Bleeker, 1860)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Cirrhina blochii Valenciennes, 1842)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrhinus cirrhosus)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To Fishbase (from synonym Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795)
To Fishbase (from synonym Mrigala buchanani Bleeker, 1860)
To Fishbase (from synonym Dangila leschenaultii Valenciennes, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhinus cuvierii Jerdon, 1849)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhinus horai Lakshmanan, 1966)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhina blochii Valenciennes, 1842)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhinus cauverii Jerdon, 1849)
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhina cirrhosa (Bloch, 1795))
To Fishbase (from synonym Cirrhinus cirrhosa (Bloch, 1795))
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Cirrhinus chaudhryi Srivastava, 1968)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 69 proteins) (from synonym Cyprinus cirrhosus Bloch, 1795)
To GenBank (48 nucleotides; 69 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS