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Cypriniformes

Cypriniformes is a group of ray-finned fish, which includes carps and minnows. The group contains 320 genera, with over 3200 species.

Cypriniformes
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A wild-type common carp (Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinidae: Cyprininae)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Ostariophysi
Order: Cypriniformes
Bleeker, 1859
Type species
Cyprinus carpio
Families[2]

Acheilognathidae[1]
Balitoridae
Barbuccidae
Botiidae
Catostomidae
Cobitidae
Cyprinidae
Danionidae[1]
Ellopostomatidae Gastromyzontidae Gobionidae[1]
Gyrinocheilidae
Leptobarbidae[1]
Leuciscidae[1]
Nemacheilidae
Paedocyprididae[1]
Psilorhynchidae
Serpenticobitidae Sundadanionidae[1]
Tanichthyidae[1]
Tincidae[1]
Vaillantellidae Xenocyprididae[1]
and see text

Diversity
Around 4,205 species

Cypriniformes Media

  • A true loach - the spined loach, Cobitis taenia

  • Nemacheilus chrysolaimos is a stone loach. Closely related to true loaches, like these, they have barbels.

  • The Chinese algae eater (Gyrinocheilus aymonieri) is one of the sucking loaches, which are distant from other "loaches".

  • Erimyzon sucetta, a small sucker

  • Common carp (white background)

  • Psilorhynchus balitora Day Mintern 122

  • Ictiobus niger (white background)

  • Chromobotia macracanthus Bleeker

  • Vaillantella euepiptera

  • Acantopsis choirorhynchos Bleeker

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Tan & Armbruster (2018)
  2. ↑ "Cypriniformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. December 2012 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2012.
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