Carplet
| Carplet | |
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| Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Danionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rasborinae |
| Genus: | Bleeker, 1860[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus mola | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
The carplets are a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, Amblypharyngodon, belonging to the family Danionidae. They are up to 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length and inhabit a wide range of slow-moving or stagnant freshwater habitats in South and Mainland Southeast Asia.[2]
Species
There are 5 recognized species:[3]
- Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii (Blyth, 1860) (Burmese carplet)
- Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 1990
- Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1917 (Sri Lanka silver carplet)
- Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes, 1844) (Attentive carplet)
- Amblypharyngodon microlepis (Bleeker, 1854) (Indian carplet)
- Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton, 1822) (Mola carplet)
The green carplet is in a separate genus, Horadandia atukorali
References
Wikispecies has information related to Carplet.
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rasborinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Amblypharyngodon". FishBase. March 2019 version.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Amblypharyngodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 February 2025.