Cyprinidae

Fish

Cyprinidae is a family of mostly pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fishes commonly called the carp family. It includes true carps, barbs and barbels, and shares sister taxa with danionins and minnows in the suborder Cyprinoidei. With roughly 1,780 species in 166 valid genera, it is described as the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest vertebrate family overall. Its members range from tiny Danionella micro glassfishes to the Siamese carp.

Common name: Carp family
Species: Roughly 1,780
Size range: 12 mm micro glassfishes to 3 m Siamese carp

Sources and credits

Article: Cyprinidae (English Wikipedia)
Wikidata: Q35047
Text: Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
Illustration: By Bayçelebi E (2020) Distribution and diversity of fish from Seyhan, Ceyhan and Orontes river systems. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 747-767. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.55837. CC BY 4.0 · File page on Wikimedia Commons
Bayçelebi E (2020) Distribution and diversity of fish from Seyhan, Ceyhan and Orontes river systems. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 747-767. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.55837, https://zse.pensoft.net/article/55837/list/2/ (license)
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