Cyprinidae

family of fishes in the order Cypriniformes

Cyprinidae are a family of freshwater fish.[1] They are in the class Actinopterygii, and include more than 3000 different species.[1] They have a maximum length of over 2.5 metres (8 feet 2 inches) but most types of cyprinidae are smaller than 5cm (2 inches).[1]

Cyprinus carpio

Description

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Cyprinids don't have a stomach, so they depend on their pharyngeal teeth to eat food. The largest of the family is the giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis), but there are other large species like the golden mahseer and mangar. All species are oviparous and most do not keep an eye on their eggs.

 
This is a giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis).

Classification

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Acheilognathinae

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  • Acanthorhodeus (Khanka spiny bitterling)
  • Acheilognathus (bitterlings)
  • Rhodeus (bitterlings)
  • Tanakia (bitterlings)

Alburninae

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Barbinae

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  • Acrossocheilus
  • Anchicyclocheilus
  • Aulopyge (Dalmatian barbelgudgeon)
  • Balantiocheilos
  • Barbus (typical barbels and barbs)
  • Carasobarbus
  • Clypeobarbus
  • Dawkinsia
  • Desmopuntius
  • Diptychus
  • Haludaria
  • Hsianwenia
  • Kalimantania
  • Luciobarbus
  • Mesopotamichthys
  • Neobarynotus
  • Oliotius
  • Oreichthys
  • Pethia
  • Puntigrus
  • Puntius (spotted barbs)
  • Sahyadria
  • Schizopyge (snowtrouts)
  • Schizothorax (snowtrouts)
  • Sinocyclocheilus (golden-line fish)
  • Striuntius
  • Systomus
 
Culter alburnus

Cultrinae

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  • Anabarilius
  • Chanodichthys
  • Culter (culters)
  • Cultrichthys
  • Hainania
  • Hemiculter (sharpbellies)
  • Ischikauia
  • Megalobrama
  • Parabramis (white Amur bream)
  • Paralaubuca
  • Pseudohemiculter
  • Pseudolaubuca
  • Sinibrama
  • Toxabramis

Cyprininae

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  • Barboides
  • Barbonymus (tinfoil barbs)
  • Capoeta (khramulyas)
  • Carassioides
  • Carassius (Crucian carps and goldfish)
  • Cyprinus (carps)
  • Eechathalakenda
  • Gymnocypris
  • Paracapoeta

Danioninae

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  • Amblypharyngodon (carplets)
  • Aspidoparia
  • Barilius
  • Betadevario
  • Boraras (rasboras)
  • Cabdio
  • Chelaethiops
  • Chela
  • Danio (danios)
  • Danionella
  • Devario
  • Esomus (flying barbs)
  • Engraulicypris
  • Fangfangia
  • Horadandia
  • Inlecypris
  • Laubuka
  • Leptocypris
  • Luciosoma
  • Malayochela
  • Microdevario
  • Microrasbora
  • Nematabramis
  • Neobola
  • Opsaridium
  • Opsarius
  • Paedocypris
  • Pectenocypris
  • Raiamas
  • Rasbora
  • Rasboroides
  • Rasbosoma (dwarf scissortail rasbora)
  • Rastrineobola (silver cyprinid)
  • Salmostoma (razorbelly minnows)
  • Securicula
  • Sundadanio
  • Trigonopoma
  • Trigonostigma
 
Grass carp

Leuciscinae

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  • Abramis (common bream)
  • Acanthobrama (bleaks)
  • Achondrostoma
  • Anaecypris
  • Acrocheilus (chiselmouth)
  • Agosia (longfin dace)
  • Algansea (Mexican chubs)
  • Aztecula (Aztec chub)
  • Ballerus (breams)
  • Blicca (silver bream)
  • Campostoma (stonerollers)
  • Chondrostoma (typical nases)
  • Chrosomus (typical daces)
  • Clinostomus (redside daces)
  • Codoma (ornate shiner)
  • Coreoleuciscus (Korean splendid dace)
  • Couesius (lake chub)
  • Cyprinella (satinfin shiners)
  • Delminichthys
  • Dionda (desert minnows)
  • Eremichthys (desert dace)
  • Ericymba (longjaw minnows)
  • Erimystax (slender chubs)
  • Evarra (Mexican daces)
  • Exoglossum (cutlips minnows)
  • Gila (western chubs)
  • Hemitremia (flame chub)
  • Hesperoleucus (California roach)
  • Hybognathus (silvery minnows)
  • Hybopsis (bigeye chubs)
  • Iberochondrostoma
  • Iberocypris
  • Iotichthys (least chub)
  • Kottelatia
  • Ladigesocypris
  • Lavinia (hitch)
  • Lepidomeda (spinedaces)
  • Leucalburnus
  • Leucaspius (moderlieschen)
  • Leuciscus (Eurasian daces)
  • Leucos
  • Luxilus (highscale shiners)
  • Lythrurus (finescale shiners)
  • Macrhybopsis (blacktail chubs)
  • Margariscus (pearl daces)
  • Meda (pikedace)
  • Moapa (moapa dace)
  • Mylocheilus (peamouth)
  • Mylopharodon (hardhead)
  • Nocomis (hornyhead chubs)
  • Notemigonus (golden shiner)
  • Notropis (eastern shiners)
  • Opsopoeodus (pugnose minnow)
  • Oregonichthys (Oregon chubs)
  • Orthodon (Sacramento blackfish)
  • Pachychilon
  • Parachondrostoma
  • Pararhinichthys (cheat minnow)
  • Pelasgus
  • Pelecus (sabre carp)
  • Petroleuciscus (Ponto-Caspian chubs and daces)
  • Phenacobius (suckermouth minnows)
  • Phoxinellus
  • Phoxinus (Eurasian minnows and daces)
  • Pimephales (bluntnose minnows)
  • Plagopterus (woundfin)
  • Platygobio (flathead chub)
  • Pogonichthys (splittails)
  • Protochondrostoma (South European nase)
  • Pseudochondrostoma
  • Pseudophoxinus
  • Pteronotropis (flagfin shiners)
  • Ptychocheilus (pikeminnows)
  • Relictus (relict dace)
  • Rhinichthys (riffle daces, loach minnows) (including Tiaroga)
  • Rhynchocypris (Eurasian minnows)
  • Richardsonius (redside shiners)
  • Rutilus (roaches)
  • Sarmarutilus
  • Scardinius (rudds)
  • Semotilus (creek chubs)
  • Siphateles
  • Squalius (European chubs)
  • Stypodon (stumptooth minnow)
  • Tampichthys
  • Telestes
  • Tribolodon
  • Tropidophoxinellus
  • Vimba (Vimbas)
  • Yuriria

Squaliobarbinae

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Xenocyprinae

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Squalius cephalus

Human relationships

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Usage in aquariums

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Cyprinids are used in aquariums. There are various examples – the goldfish, Bala shark, rasboras, koi, and others. Aquarists also use White Cloud Mountain minnows and zebrafish.

These fishes are very popular.

 
Rhodeus sinensis

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Family Cyprinidae - Minnows or carps". FishBase. Archived from the original on August 1, 2020. Retrieved May 13, 2019.

Other websites

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