Cyprinae is a

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of largely

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ray-finned fishes, one of ten subfamilies belonging to the

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Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and t ...

. This family comprises the carps, minnows, barbs and related fishes.

Genera

Cyprinae contains the following recognised extant genera: * '' Aaptosyax'' Rainboth, 1991 * '' Albulichthys'' Bleeker, 1860 * '' Amblyrhynchichthys'' Bleeker, 1860 * ''

Balantiocheilos ''Balantiocheilos'' is a small genus of cyprinid fish from southeast Asia. It includes two species. Species *'' Balantiocheilos ambusticauda'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2007 (Burnt tail fish) *'' Balantiocheilos melanopterus'' ( Bleeker, 1851) (T ...

'' Bleeker, 1860 * ''

Carassioides ''Carassioides'' is a genus of cyprinid fish that occurs in East and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are sit ...

'' Oshima, 1926 * '' Carassius'' Jarocki, 1822 * ''

Cosmochilus ''Cosmochilus'' is genus of cyprinid fish found in East and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated sou ...

'' Sauvage, 1878 * ''

Cyclocheilichthys ''Cyclocheilichthys'' is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae containing approximately nine valid species. They are native to freshwater habitats in Southeast Asia and China. Species ''Cyclocheilichthys'' contains the following ...

'' Bleeker, 1859 * '' Cyclocheilos'' Bleeker, 1859 * ''

Cyprinus ''Cyprinus'' is the genus of typical carps in family Cyprinidae. Most species in the genus are of East Asia origin with only the common carp (''C. carpio'') in Western Asia and Europe; this invasive species has also been Introduced species, intr ...

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

, 1758 * '' Discherodontus'' Rainboth, 1989 * '' Eirmotus'' Schultz, 1959 * '' Hypsibarbus'' Rainboth, 1996 * '' Kalimantania'' Bănărescu, 1980 * '' Laocypris'' Kottelat, 2000 * '' Luciocyprinus'' Vaillant, 1904 * ''

Mystacoleucus ''Mystacoleucus'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are found in Southeast Asia. Species ''Mystacoleucus ...

'' Günther, 1868 * '' Neobarynotus'' Bănărescu, 1980 * '' Parasikukia'' Doi, 2000 * '' Paraspinibarbus'' X.-L. Chu & Kottelat, 1989 * '' Parator'' H. W. Wu, G. R. Yang, P. Q. Yue & H. J. Huang, 1963 * '' Poropuntius'' H. M. Smith, 1931 * '' Procypris'' S.-Y. Lin, 1933 * '' Pseudosinocyclocheilus'' C.-G. Zhang & Y.-H. Zhao, 2016 * ''

Puntioplites ''Puntioplites'' is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the ...

'' H. M. Smith, 1929 * '' Rohteichthys'' Bleeker, 1860 * '' Sawbwa'' Annandale, 1918 * '' Scaphognathops'' H.M. Smith, 1945 * '' Sikukia'' H. M. Smith, 1931 * ''

Sinocyclocheilus ''Sinocyclocheilus'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae that is endemic to Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan in China.Ma, L.; and Y.-H. Zhao (2012). Cavefish of China. Pp. 107—125 in: White, W.B.; and D.C. Cuvier, editors. Encycl ...

'' P.-W. Fang, 1936 * '' Troglocyclocheilus'' Kottelat & Bréhier, 1999 * '' Typhlobarbus'' X.-L. Chu & W.-R. Chen, 1982 The following extinct genera have also been included within the Cyprininae: * †'' Eoprocypris'' (1 fossil species) * †'' Huashancyprinus'' (1 fossil species) * †'' Palaeocarassius'' (4 fossil species)

References

*Phylogeny of the subfamily cyprininae (Pisces: Cyprinidae), Z. Wei, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 1989 *Cyprininae, XL Chen, HJ Huang, Monographs of Cyprinidae in China, Shanghai, 1982 *Cyprininae, YL Luo, PQ Yue, Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes: Cypriniformes III. Science, 2000 Cyprinidae Fish subfamilies Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Cyprininae-stub