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Cypriniformes - an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi

animal order - the order of animals

Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays

cypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes

Cobitidae, family Cobitidae - loaches

Cyprinidae, family Cyprinidae - a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace

Electrophoridae, family Electrophoridae - small family comprising the electric eels

Catostomidae, family Catostomidae - suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae

Cyprinodontidae, family Cyprinodontidae - large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies

family Poeciliidae, Poeciliidae - topminnows

Characidae, family Characidae - tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America

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Mitogenomic evolution and interrelationships of the cypriniformes (Actinopterygii: Ostariophysi): the first evidence toward resolution of higher-level relationships of the world's largest freshwater fish clade based on 59 whole mitogenome sequences.

Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Two Oriental Sweetlips, Plectorhinchus orientalis and Plectorhinchus vittatus (Perciformes: Haemulidae) with the Molecular Analysis on their Synonym Controversies

Genetic and morphometric comparison of two isolated populations of Barilius bendelisis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Indian Himalayas

Comparacion genetica y morfometrica de dos poblaciones aisladas de Barilius bendelisis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) de los Himalayas indios

A focus on non-game fishes is necessary as these fishes--most notably small-bodied Cypriniformes and Perciformes--represent the majority of diversity in North American waterways, and occupy essential roles within ecosystems (Page and Burr 2011).

Preliminary Understanding of Complexities in Swimming Performance of Common Minnow (Cyprinidae) Taxa

2009: A review of the spined loaches, family Cobitidae (Cypriniformes) in Korea.

Habitat, diet, feeding and resting behaviour of the Korean endemic cobitid Iksookimia hugowolfeldi (Cobitidae, Pisces) in the wild

Order wise percentage of Meghna River fish species: Siluriformes was found to be the most dominant order consisting 32% of the total fish population followed by Perciformes (30.4%), Cypriniformes (21.4%) (Figure 5).

Dhonagoda River: Threats Investigation of River and Biodiversity for Policy Implementation

The other orders combined (Atheriniformes, Cypriniformes, Cyprinodontiformes, Gymnotiformesand Synbranchiformes) were responsible for 9% of the families, 25% of the species, 4% of the biomass caught and only 1% of the number of individuals caught during the sample period.

Structure dynamics of a fish community over ten years of formation in the reservoir of the hydroelectric power plant in upper Uruguay River/Dinamica da estrutura da comunidade ictica ao longo de dez anos da formacao do reservatorio da usina hidreletrica no Alto Rio Uruguai

A new species of Cycleptus (Cypriniformes: Catostomidae) from Gulf Slope Drainages of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, with a review of the distribution, biology and conservation status of the genus.

Relative abundance, movements, and habitat use of southeastern blue sucker cycleptus meridionalis in the lower Pearl River, Louisiana

Distribution and systematics of Notropis wickliffi (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) in Illinois.

Population trends and a distributional record of selected fish species from the Illinois River

The sagittae are the biggest pair of otoliths, the lapillii are the smallest in most bony fishes; however, in the members of Cypriniformes and Siluriformes the asteriscii are the largest otoliths, and the sagittae are the smallest (Assis, 2003; Campana, 2004).

Morphological and Biometrical Characteristics on Otolith of Barbus tauricus Kessler, 1877 on Light and Scanning Electron Microscope/Caracteristicas Morfologicas y Biometricas de los Otolitos de Barbus tauricus Kessler, 1877 bajo Microscopio de Luz y Electronico de Barrido

Melanism in endangered Mohave tui chub Siphateles bicolor mohavensis Snyder, 1918 (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae).

First record of melanism in Cheilodactylus variegatus Valenciennes, 1833 (Perciformes, Cheilodactylidae)/Primer registro de melanismo en Cheilodactylus variegatus Valenciennes, 1833 (Perciformes, Cheilodactylidae)