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Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and the largest vertebrate animal family overall, with about 3,000 species ; only 1,270 of these remain ...
Family Ellopostomatidae Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2009 (square-head loaches) Family Nemacheilidae Regan, 1911 (brook loaches) 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 ...
The Cyprinidae are members of the carp family (the Cyprinidae) of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to order Cypriniformes. This category consists of articles on genera and species in family Cyprinidae.
Around 60% of genera in the family are endemic to a single zoogeographic region. [3] The family contains 16 subfamilies, and is most diverse in the Afrotropical realm, with over 300 species in 45 genera. [3] Many Cyprididae occur in temporary water bodies and have drought-resistant eggs, mixed/parthenogenetic reproduction and ability to swim.
Leuciscinae is a subfamily of the freshwater fish family Cyprinidae, [1] which contains the true minnows. [2]Members of the Old World (OW) clade of minnows within this subfamily are known as European minnows.
The brassy minnow (Hybognathus hankinsoni) is a species of fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae. The family Cyprinidae consists of mainly freshwater minnows and carps. The fish gets its scientific name (Hybognathus hankinsoni) from the Greek word Hybognathus, meaning bulging jaw, and hankinsoni from the American scientist, T.L. Hankinson. [2]
Common carp by Alexander Francis Lydon. The type subspecies is Cyprinus carpio carpio, native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga rivers). [2] [4]The subspecies Cyprinus carpio haematopterus (Amur carp), native to eastern Asia, was recognized in the past, [4] but recent authorities treat it as a separate species under the name Cyprinus rubrofuscus.
Cyprinae is a subfamily of largely freshwater ray-finned fishes, one of ten subfamilies belonging to the family Cyprinidae. This family comprises the carps, minnows, barbs and related fishes. This family comprises the carps, minnows, barbs and related fishes.