Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish, which includes many families and genera of cyprinid fish, such as barbs, gobies, loaches, botias, and minnows. Cypriniformes is an "order-within-an-order", placed under the superorder Ostariophysi—which is also made up of cyprinid, ostariophysin fishes. The order contains 11–12 families, over 400 genera, and more than 4,250 named species; new species are regularly described, and new genera are recognized frequently. Cyprinids are most diverse in South and Southeast Asia and are entirely absent from Australia and South America. At 112 years old, the longest-lived cypriniform fish documented is the bigmouth buffalo.
Phoxinus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Leuciscidae of order Cypriniformes, and the only members of the subfamily Phoxininae, or Eurasian minnows. The type species is Phoxinus phoxinus. The other species in this genus are also commonly known as minnows. The name "minnow" was what early English fisherman used to describe "small and insignificant". The genus Phoxinus is found throughout Eurasia, and includes 21 known species. Previously, members of the North American genus Chrosomus were also believed to form part of this genus.
Devario chrysotaeniatus, commonly called the gold-striped danio, is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae). Originating in China and Laos in the upper Mekong river, this fish is very rarely found in community tanks by fish-keeping hobbyists. It grows to a maximum length of 3 inches (7.5 cm).
Pelasgus stymphalicus, also known as the dáska or stymphalia minnow, is a threatened species of small freshwater fish. It is a short-lived species, and reaches a maximum length of 12 cm (4.7 in).
Alburnus is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. They are known commonly as bleaks. A group of species in the genus is known as shemayas. The genus occurs in the western Palearctic realm, and the center of diversity is in Turkey.
Pelasgus minutus is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Albania and North Macedonia. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The Evrotas minnow is a species of cyprinid fish.
The Prespa minnow is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Lake Prespa which lies in the southern Balkans on the borders between Albania, Greece, and North Macedonia. Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The pigo is a species of freshwater fish in the roach genus Rutilus of the family Cyprinidae. The fish is native to northern Italy and Switzerland. It inhabits subalpine lakes of the northern Adriatic basin from the Livenza to the Po drainage, including Lakes Maggiore, Lugano, and Como.
Squalius is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae found in Europe and Asia. Hybridization is not rare in the Cyprinidae, including this genus. S. alburnoides is known to be of ancient hybrid origin, with the paternal lineage deriving from a prehistoric species related to Anaecypris; the latter mated with ancestral S. pyrenaicus. Present-day S. alburnoides mates with sympatric congeners of other species.
The least rasbora or exclamation point rasbora is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Boraras, native to freshwater habitats in mainland southeast Asia. This species is very small, ranging from 12 to 16 mm.
Leuciscinae is a subfamily of the freshwater fish family Cyprinidae, which contains the true minnows.
Laocypris is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. The only species so far formally described in this genus is Laocypris hispida which is endemic to Laos, where there my be more than one species.
Pelasgus is a genus of cyprinid fishes that is only found in the Balkans. There are currently seven described species in this genus.
Leucos ylikiensis is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found only in Greece, in the Kifissos drainage and Lake Yliki. The other known population, in Lake Paralimni, was extirpated when the lake was drained. L. ylikiensis was described as a distinct species in 1991. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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.
The Marathon minnow is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the family Cyprinidae, the carps and minnows. It is endemic to Greece.
Barbodes xouthos is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish from the carp and minnow family Cyprinidae. It has only been recorded from Brunei on the island of Borneo. It has an unusual pattern on its body consisting of a plain brown body with faint reticulations.
The Bulgarian minnow is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Veleka and Resowska drainages in Bulgaria and Turkey.
The Pamvotis chub is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Kalamas, Acheron, Louros and Arachthos drainages in Albania and Greece.
