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Cyprinoidei

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Cyprinoidei
Temporal range: Eocene–present
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio)
Pearl danio (Danio albolineatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Fitzinger, 1832[1]

Cyprinoidei is a suborder, or superfamily, of primarily pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fishes nestled within the larger order Cypriniformes. Many fishes in this group include the carps, danionins, and minnows, and are readily found and raised in aquaculture owing to their hardiness and tolerance of extreme water parameters.

Cyprinoidei was formerly a monotypic grouping only containing a single large family, the Cyprinidae, but this has now been divided into a number of many sister taxa.[1]

Families

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The following sister families are included within the Cyprinoidei:[2][3][1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 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.