Indian Major Carps

Commonly cultivated carp varieties are catla Catla catla, rohu Labeo rohita and mrigal Cirrhinus mrigala, which are of Indian origin and are collectively called as Indian Major Carps IMC which depends on different niches of a water body.

Indian carp or Indian major carp is a common name for several species of fish: Catla catla or catla. It is an economically important South Asian freshwater fish of the carp family. Cirrhinus cirrhosus or mrigal, a ray-finned fish of the carp family native to rivers in India.