Indian minor carps

Indian minor carps
commercially important fishes of the family Cyprinidae, used in aquaculture but not as important as the Indian major carps, namely reba (Cirrhinus reba), bata (Labeo bata), calbasu (Labeo calbasu), white carp (Cirrhinus cirrhosus) and Cauvery carp (Labeo kontius)

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