Biology:Cyprinoidei

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Cyprinoidei is a suborder, or superfamily, of mostly freshwater ray-finned fishes within the large order Cypriniformes. Cyprinoidei was formerly a monotypic grouping only containing a single large family, the Cyprinidae but this has now been divided into a number of different families.[1]

Families

The following families are included within the Cyprinoidei:[2][3][1]

  • Suborder Cyprinoidei Fitzinger, 1832
    • Family Paedocyprididae Mayden & W.J. Chen, 2010 (tiny carps)
    • Family Psilorhynchidae Hora, 1926 (mountain carps)
    • Family Cyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815 (carps)
    • Family Sundadanionidae Mayden & Chen, 2010 (tiny danios)
    • Family Danionidae Bleeker, 1863 (danionids)
    • Family Leptobarbidae Bleeker, 1864 (cigar barbs)
    • Family Xenocyprididae Günther, 1868 (East Asian minnows or sharpbellies)
    • Family Tincidae D. S. Jordan, 1878 (tenches)
    • Family Acheilognathidae Bleeker, 1863 (bitterlings)
    • Family Gobionidae Bleeker, 1863 (freshwater gudgeons)
    • Family Tanichthyidae Mayden & Chen, 2010 (mountain minnows)
    • Family Leuciscidae Bonaparte, 1835 (minnows)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18669477 entry