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Superregnum : Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cyprinoidea

Familia: Cyprinidae
Genus: Amblypharyngodon
Species: A. chakaiensis – A. chulabhornae – A. gadigarhi – A. grandisquamis – A. mola – A. saranensis
Name

Amblypharyngodon Bleeker , 1860
References

Bleeker, P. 1860. Conspectus systematis cyprinorum. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 20: 421–441. BHL Reference page.
Sudasinghe, H., Pethiyagoda, R., Maduwage, K. & Meegaskumbura, M. 2019. The identity of the Sri Lankan Amblypharyngodon (Teleostei, Cyprinidae). Zookeys, 820: 25–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.820.29632 Reference page.

The carplets (Amblypharyngodon) are a genus of fishes in the family Cyprinidae. 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.[1]
Species

There are 5 recognized species:[1]

Amblypharyngodon atkinsonii (Blyth, 1860) (Burmese carplet)
Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 1990
Amblypharyngodon melettinus (Valenciennes, 1844) (Attentive carplet)
Amblypharyngodon microlepis (Bleeker, 1854) (Indian carplet)
Amblypharyngodon mola (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Mola carplet)

The green carplet is in a separate genus, Horadandia atukorali
References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Amblypharyngodon in FishBase. March 2019 version.

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