Deccan white carp
| Deccan white carp | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Cirrhinus |
| Species: | C. fulungee |
| Binomial name | |
| Cirrhinus fulungee (Sykes, 1839) | |
The Deccan white carp (Cirrhinus fulungee) is a species of freshwater cyprinid fish native to India. It is widely distributed across the Deccan plateau, in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Dahanukar R (2013) Cirrhinus fulungee IUCN Red List
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Cirrhinus fulungee" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
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