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Cyprinid Aquarium Fish Varieties

Family: Cyprinidae Cherry Barb Picture Trigonostigma heteromorpha Cherry Barb Photo © Animal-World: Courtesy David Brough
Types of Cyprinid Fishes

   The largest fish in this family is the Barbus tor, which is native to India and reaches a length of more than 6 feet (2.5 meters)!

   This family contains many of the Carp-like fishes, including well-known groups such as barbs, danios, rasboras, various "sharks", minnows, bitterlings, and the Chinese Algae Eater. It also contains such fishes as the flying fox, daces, asps, log suckers, roachs, and chubs. Goldfish and Koi are also part of the Cyprinid family, but are included in their own section, see Goldfish.

Harlequin Rasboras

Harlequin Rasboras are a lively and colorful fish.

More about Cyprinids: Description, Care & Feeding, and Breeding:

   The Cyprinid family is one of the largest family of fishes consisting of over 1400 documented species with fish of all sizes. They can be found throughout Asia, most of Africa, Europe, and North America. The only place they are not to be found is South America and Australia.

For more Information on keeping freshwater fish see:
Guide to a Happy, Healthy Freshwater Aquarium


Barbs
Albino Tiger BarbCherry Barb
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Puntius tetrazona
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Puntius titteya
Clown BarbGolden Tinfoil Barb
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Puntius everetti
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Barbonymus schwanenfeldii
Green Tiger BarbLongfin Tiger Barb
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Puntius tetrazona
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Puntius tetrazona
Neon Rosy BarbRed-tail Tinfoil Barb
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Puntius conchonius
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Barbonymus altus
Rosy BarbTiger Barb
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Puntius conchonius
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Puntius tetrazona
Tinfoil Barb
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Barbonymus schwanenfeldii


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Danios
Albino Zebra DanioGiant Danio
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Danio rerio
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Devario aequipinnatus
Glowlight DanioGolden Zebra Danio
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Danio choprai
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Danio rerio
Hikari DanioLeopard Danio
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Danio rerio
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Danio rerio
Longfin Blue DanioZebra Danio
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Danio rerio
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Danio rerio

Rasboras
Dwarf RasboraEspe’s Rasbora
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Boraras maculatus
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Trigonostigma espei
Glowlight RasboraHarlequin Rasbora
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Trigonostigma hengeli
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Trigonostigma heteromorpha
Rummy Nose RasboraSlender Rasbora
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Sawbwa resplendens
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Rasbora daniconius

Sharks
Bala Shark
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Balantiocheilus melanopterus

More Cyprinids
Chinese Algae Eater
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Gyrinocheilus aymonieri

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Description:
   None of the Cyprinid fish have an adipose fin which is more characteristic of the Characins group of fish (Tetras, Hatchetfish, Silver Dollar, Headstander, Leporinus). A unique feature of this family is that rather than having teeth in their mouths, they have one to three rows of teeth in their throat area on what is called the pharyngeal bone. There is also a boney plate at the bottom of that bone to grind food.

Care and feeding:
   The majority of the Cyprinid family are freshwater fish. Only a few ot this family are brackish water fish with only one fish, a far eastern Redfin, that can tolerate salt water. Most Cyprinids are omnivores although there are few herbivores that will eat algae and aquatic plants. Vegetable substitutes suggested for these fish in the aquarium are cooked lettuce, spinach, or oatmeal.

Breeding:
   Most of the Cyprinid family are free spawners, just discharging eggs into the open water rather than building nests. Later the eggs will adhere to whatever they happen to land on. Very few of these fish stick around to protect their young. See Breeding Freshwater Fish for more information.

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