Cypriniformes

Cypriniformes is a group of ray-finned fish, which includes carps and minnows. The group contains 320 genera, with over 3200 species.

Cypriniformes Temporal range: Paleocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A wild-type common carp (Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinidae: Cyprininae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
(unranked):	Otophysi
Clade:	Cypriniphysi
Order:	Cypriniformes Bleeker, 1859
Type species
Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Families[1]
Acheilognathidae[2] Balitoridae Barbuccidae Botiidae Catostomidae Cobitidae Cyprinidae Danionidae[2] Ellopostomatidae Gastromyzontidae Gobionidae[2] Gyrinocheilidae Leptobarbidae[2] Leuciscidae[2] Nemacheilidae Paedocyprididae[2] Psilorhynchidae Serpenticobitidae Sundadanionidae[2] Tanichthyidae[2] Tincidae[2] Vaillantellidae Xenocyprididae[2] and see text
Diversity
Around 4,205 species

The most well-known family in the order is the Cyprinidae. type species of this order is the common carp, Cyprinus carpio.

Description

The Cypriniformes have a Weberian apparatus and a dorsal fin on their backs. Unlike other fish, they don't have teeth in their mouths. Instead, they have pharyngeal teeth.

Some species

Extant species

• Common carp, Cyprinus carpio
• Spined loach, Cobitis taenia
• Tench, Tinca tinca
• Gudgeon, Gobio gobio
• White sucker, Catostomus commersonii
• Crucian carp, Carassius carassius

Extinct species

• †Cyprinus yilongensis
• †Jianghanichthys
• †Amyzon
• †Palaeocarassius

Related pages

• Cyprinus carpio
• Jianghanichthys