Cyprinidae

Cyprinidae are a family of freshwater fish. They are in the class Actinopterygii, and include more than 3000 different species. 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).

 Description 
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.

 Classification 

 Acheilognathinae 

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

 Alburninae 

 Alburnoides
 Alburnus (bleaks and shemayas)
 Aspiolucius (pike asp)
 Metzia

 Barbinae 

 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


 Cultrinae 

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

 Cyprininae 

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

 Danioninae 

 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

 Leuciscinae 

 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 

 Ctenopharyngodon (grass carp)
 Mylopharyngodon
 Squaliobarbus

 Xenocyprinae 

 Distoechodon
 Hypophthalmichthys (bighead carps)
 Plagiognathops
 Pseudobrama
 Xenocypris


 Human relationships 

 Usage in aquariums 
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.

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References

 Other websites 

 Cyprinidae on GBIF

Category:Freshwater fish