Cypriniformes

Cypriniformes; Temporal range: Paleocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	A wild-type common carp (Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinidae: Cyprininae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Infraclass:	Teleostei
Superorder:	Ostariophysi
Order:	Cypriniformes; Bleeker, 1859
Type species
	Cyprinus carpio; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Families[1]
	Acheilognathidae[2]; Balitoridae; Barbuccidae; Botiidae; Catostomidae; Cobitidae; Cyprinidae; Danionidae[2]; Ellopostomatidae Gastromyzontidae Gobionidae[2]; Gyrinocheilidae; Leptobarbidae[2]; Leuciscidae[2]; Nemacheilidae; Paedocyprididae[2]; Psilorhynchidae; Serpenticobitidae Sundadanionidae[2]; Tanichthyidae[2]; Tincidae[2]; Vaillantellidae Xenocyprididae[2]; and see text
Diversity
	Around 4,205 species

Cypriniformes is a group of ray-finned fish, which includes carps and minnows. The group contains 320 genera, with over 3200 species.

References

"Cypriniformes". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. December 2012 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2012.
Tan & Armbruster (2018)

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