Carplet
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| Carplet | |
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| Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Danioninae |
| Genus: | Amblypharyngodon Bleeker, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus mola Hamilton, 1822
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The carplets (Amblypharyngodon) are a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae. 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.[1]
Species
[edit]There are 5 recognized species:[1]
- Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii (Blyth, 1860) (Burmese carplet)
- Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 1990
- Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes, 1844) (Attentive carplet)
- Amblypharyngodon microlepis (Bleeker, 1854) (Indian carplet)
- Amblypharyngodon mola (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Mola carplet)
The green carplet is in a separate genus, Horadandia atukorali
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Carplet.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Amblypharyngodon in FishBase. March 2019 version.
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