order Cypriniformes

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Related to order Cypriniformes: Ostariophysi, Cobitidae, Spined loach

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

Cypriniformes

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

References in periodicals archive ?

Paramisgurnus dabryanus, a small-sized fish belonging to the family of Cobitidae of the order Cypriniformes, is which is unique in China.

A Study on Structural Characteristics of Intestinal Tract of the Air-Breathing Loach, Paramisgurnus dabryanus (Sauvage, 1878)

It belongs to the family cyprinidae under the order cypriniformes. It is a popular table fish as having high nutritional value with good amount of protein, calcium and low fatty acid content [1,2].

A review on feeding and reproductive biology of Cirrhinus reba (Hamilton, 1822), a threatened freshwater fish of Indian subcontinent with an emphasis on its conservation

Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species.

Conservation genetics of an undescribed species of Dionda (Teleostei: cyprinidae) in the Rio Grande drainage in Western Texas