Register of Antarctic Species (RAS) - Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758

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RAS taxon details

Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

154280 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154280)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758

Parent

Cyprininae Rafinesque, 1815

Direct children (2)

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Species Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758
Species Cyprinus toxostoma Vallot, 1837 accepted as Parachondrostoma toxostoma (Vallot, 1837)

Environment

~~marine~~, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154280 on 2026-07-04

Regional species database citation

RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154280 on 2026-07-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-18 08:19:08Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-11 11:05:30Z

checked

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]