Biology:Cyprininae

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Short description: Subfamily of fishes

Cyprininae
Temporal range: Late Eocene to present
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Cyprininae
Rafinesque, 1815
Genera
  • See text

Cyprinae is a subfamily of largely freshwater ray-finned fishes, one of ten subfamilies belonging to the family Cyprinidae. This family comprises the carps, minnows, barbs and related fishes.

Genera

Cyprinae contains the following recognised extant genera:[1]

The following extinct genera have also been included within the Cyprininae:

  • Eoprocypris (1 fossil species)[2]
  • Huashancyprinus (1 fossil species)[3]
  • Palaeocarassius (4 fossil species)


References

  • Phylogeny of the subfamily cyprininae (Pisces: Cyprinidae), Z. Wei, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 1989
  • Cyprininae, XL Chen, HJ Huang, Monographs of Cyprinidae in China, Shanghai, 1982
  • Cyprininae, YL Luo, PQ Yue, Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes: Cypriniformes III. Science, 2000

Wikidata ☰ Q150617 entry