Cypriniformes

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

Cypriniformes
Temporal range:
A wild-type common carp (Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinidae: Cyprininae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Infraclass: Teleostei
Superorder: Ostariophysi
Order: Cypriniformes
Bleeker, 1859
Type species
Cyprinus carpio
Families[1]

Acheilognathidae[2]
Balitoridae
Barbuccidae
Botiidae
Catostomidae
Cobitidae
Cyprinidae
Danionidae[2]
Ellopostomatidae Gastromyzontidae Gobionidae[2]
Gyrinocheilidae
Leptobarbidae[2]
Leuciscidae[2]
Nemacheilidae
Paedocyprididae[2]
Psilorhynchidae
Serpenticobitidae Sundadanionidae[2]
Tanichthyidae[2]
Tincidae[2]
Vaillantellidae Xenocyprididae[2]
and see text

Diversity
Around 4,205 species

References
  1. "Cypriniformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. December 2012 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2012.
  2. Tan & Armbruster (2018)
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