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Mud carp

Cirrhinus molitorella (Valenciennes, 1844)

Status not recordedbony fish

The mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella) is a species in the family Cyprinidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the mud carp

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mud carp live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mud carp as introduced in 3 countries.

  1. Indonesia
  2. Malaysia
  3. Panama

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the mud carp endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mud carp classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyCyprinidae
  6. genusCirrhinus
  7. SpeciesCirrhinus molitorella (Valenciennes, 1844)

Synonyms Cirrhina chinensis, Cirrhina molitorella, Cirrhinus chinensis, Cirrhinus macrosemion, Cirrhinus melanostigma, Cirrhinus mrigala prosemion, Cirrhinus mulitorella, Cirrhinus multitorella, Cirrhinus prosemion, Cirrhinus spilopleura, Labeo collaris, Labeo garnieri, Labeo jordani, Labeo melanostigma, Labeo molitorella, Labeo pingi, Labeo stigmapleura, Leuciscus chevanella, Leuciscus molitorella, Osteochilus macrosemion, Osteochilus prosemion, Osteochilus spilopleura

Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • MutakarppiFinnish
  • Cá TrôiVietnamese
  • 鯁Chinese
  • 土鯪Chinese
  • 花鯪仔Chinese
  • 青鱗魚Chinese
  • 鯪Chinese
  • 鯪仔魚Chinese
  • 鯪公Chinese
  • 鯪魚Chinese
  • 鲮鱼Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mud carp

Other species in the same genus Cirrhinus.

Mrigal

Cirrhinus cirrhosus

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Reba carp

Cirrhinus reba

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

Mrigal

Cirrhinus mrigala

CyprinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the mud carp an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the mud carp as introduced in 3 countries: Indonesia, Malaysia and Panama, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the mud carp?

The mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella) belongs to the family Cyprinidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mud-carp

MLA

“Mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mud-carp.

BibTeX
@misc{mud_carp_2026,
  title = {Mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mud-carp},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}