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The Cyprinidae are members of the carp family (the Cyprinidae) of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to order Cypriniformes.
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 ...
Cypriniformes / s ɪ ˈ p r ɪ n ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / is an order of ray-finned fish, which includes many families and genera of cyprinid (carps and their kin) fish, such as barbs, gobies, loaches, botias, and minnows (among others).
Cyprinodon variegatus is the most widespread member of the genus. Cyprinodon diabolis is very rare; its entire native range is the Devils Hole in Nevada. A few Cyprinodon species have quite large ranges, notably C. variegatus, but the vast majority have small ranges, typically restricted to one or two Mexican states or U.S. states, Hispaniola, or a Bahaman island.
The spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is a small sized freshwater fish found abundantly in many watercourses of North America. Taxonomy
Ballerus ballerus is found in the large lowland rivers draining to the Baltic Sea, although it is not found in northern Sweden and Finland north of 62°N; the Weser and Elbe draining into the North Sea; the Black Sea; the Don draining into the Sea of Azov; and the Volga and Ural which drain into the Caspian Sea, although it is rare in the Ural River.
The eggs hatch in 5–6 days and the larvae grows to become a 19 mm (0.75 in) long juvenile in about 57 days. [14] At two years the river chub is 95–110 mm (3.7–4.3 in) and sexually mature. Its maximum life span is 5 years and it can grow up to 33 cm (13 in). [ 4 ]
The size of sexual maturation is between 32 millimeters (1.3 in) and 42 millimeters (1.7 in). [ 12 ] In the Leaf River system, Mississippi, average length was 24 millimeters (0.94 in) for age 1, 46 millimeters (1.8 in) for age 2, and 72 millimeters (2.8 in) for age 3; populations consisted mainly of age classes 0 and I [ 14 ] In the first year ...