Cyprininae

The Cyprininae are one of at least 11 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains three genera in its strictest definition but many more are included depending on which authority is defining it, especially if the Labeobarbinae is not considered to be a valid grouping.

Cyprininae Temporal range: Late Eocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae Rafinesque, 1815
Genera
See text

Recognized genera

• Arabibarbus (3 species)
• Barboides (2 species)
• Barbonymus (tinfoil barbs) (10 species)
• Capoeta (28 species)
• Carassioides (4 species)
• Carassius (5 species)
• Cyprinus (24 extant and 1 fossil species)
• Eechathalakenda (Channa barb) (1 species)
• †Eoprocypris (1 fossil species)^[1]
• Gymnocypris (10 species)
• †Huashancyprinus (1 fossil species)^[2]
• Labeobarbus (126 species)
• †Palaeocarassius (4 fossil species)
• Paracapoeta (5 species)
• Paraqianlabeo (1 species)
• Pseudosinocyclocheilus (1 species)

Gallery

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  Arabibarbus grypus (Arabibarbus)
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  Barbonymus schwanenfeldii (Barbonymus)
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  Capoeta capoeta (Capoeta)
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  Carassius gibelio (Carassius)
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  Cyprinus carpio (Cyprinus)
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  Gymnocypris przewalskii (Gymnocypris)
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  Labeobarbus nedgia (Labeobarbus)

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References

1. Chen, GengJiao; Chang, Mee-Mann; Liu, HuanZhang (2015-07-01). "Revision of Cyprinus maomingensis Liu 1957 and the first discovery of Procypris-like cyprinid (Teleostei, Pisces) from the late Eocene of South China". Science China Earth Sciences. 58 (7): 1123–1132. doi:10.1007/s11430-015-5085-7. ISSN 1869-1897.
2. Chen, GengJiao; Chang, Mee-mann (2011-04-01). "A new early cyprinin from Oligocene of South China". Science China Earth Sciences. 54 (4): 481–492. doi:10.1007/s11430-011-4182-5. ISSN 1869-1897.

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• Cyprininae, YL Luo, PQ Yue, Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes: Cypriniformes III. Science, 2000