Cyprinoidei

Cyprinoidei Temporal range: Eocene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Common carp Cyprinus carpio)
Pearl danio (Danio albolineatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Suborder:	Cyprinoidei Fitzinger, 1832 [1]

Cyprinoidei is a suborder, or superfamily, of mostly freshwater ray-finned fishes within the large order Cypriniformes. Cyprinoidei was formerly a monotypic grouping only containing a single large family, the Cyprinidae but this has now been divided into a number of different families. ^[1]

Families

The following 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)
  • Family Acheilognathidae Bleeker, 1863 (bitterlings)
  • Family Gobionidae Bleeker, 1863 (freshwater gudgeons)
  • Family Tanichthyidae Mayden & Chen, 2010 (mountain minnows)
  • Family Leuciscidae Bonaparte, 1835 (minnows)

References

1. Thomas J. Near; Christine E. Thacker. "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 3–302. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
2. "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
3. Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 . PMID   25543675.