Cyprinoidei
Suborder of fishes
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Cyprinoidei is a suborder, or superfamily, of primarily pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fishes within the larger order Cypriniformes. Many fishes in this group, which are readily found in aquaculture due to their hardiness, include the carps, danionins, and minnows.
| Cyprinoidei Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) | |
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| Pearl danio (Danio albolineatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Suborder: | Cyprinoidei Fitzinger, 1832[1] |
Cyprinoidei was formerly a monotypic grouping only containing a single large family, the Cyprinidae, but this has now been divided into a number of many sister taxa.[1]
Families
The following sister 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)
Tanichthys albonubes - Family Acheilognathidae Bleeker, 1863 (bitterlings)
- Family Gobionidae Bleeker, 1863 (freshwater gudgeons)
- Family Tanichthyidae Mayden & Chen, 2010 (mountain minnows)
- Family Leuciscidae Bonaparte, 1835 (true minnows)
