Cypriniformes
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Cypriniformes /sɪˈprɪnɪfɔːrmiːz/ 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). 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 (with some authorities having listed as many as 23),[5] over 400 genera, and more than 4,250 named species; new species are regularly described, and new genera are recognized frequently.[1][6] Cyprinids are most diverse in South and Southeast Asia, but are entirely absent from Australia and South America.[7] At 112 years old, the longest-lived cypriniform fish documented is the bigmouth buffalo.[8]
Cypriniformes | |
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A wild-type common carp (Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinidae: Cyprininae) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
(unranked): | Otophysi |
(unranked): | Cypriniphysae |
Order: | Cypriniformes Bleeker, 1859 |
Type species | |
Cyprinus carpio | |
Families[1] | |
Acheilognathidae[2] | |
Diversity | |
Around 4,205 species |
Their closest living relatives are the Characiformes (characins, tetras and their kin), the Gymnotiformes (electric eel and American knifefishes), and the Siluriformes (catfishes).[9]