Carplet

The carplets are a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, Amblypharyngodon, belonging to the family Danionidae. They are up to 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length and inhabit a wide range of slow-moving or stagnant freshwater habitats in South and Mainland Southeast Asia.^[2]

Carplet
Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Danionidae
Subfamily:	Rasborinae
Genus:	Amblypharyngodon Bleeker, 1860[1]
Type species
Cyprinus mola Hamilton, 1822[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Brachygramma Day, 1865 Mola Heckel, 1848 Mola Blyth, 1860

Species

There are 5 recognized species:^[3]

• Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii (Blyth, 1860) (Burmese carplet)
• Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 1990
• Amblypharyngodon grandisquamis D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1917 (Sri Lanka silver carplet)
• Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes, 1844) (Attentive carplet)
• Amblypharyngodon microlepis (Bleeker, 1854) (Indian carplet)
• Amblypharyngodon mola (Hamilton, 1822) (Mola carplet)

The green carplet is in a separate genus, Horadandia atukorali