The Cyprininae are one of at least 11

subfamilies In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest ve ...

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...

. It contains three

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in its strictest definition but many more are included depending on which authority is defining it, especially if the Labeobarbinae is not considered to be a valid grouping.

Recognized genera

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Arabibarbus ''Arabibarbus'' is a genus of Cyprinidae. They are medium-small to very large freshwater carps found in the Western Asia.Borkenhagen, K. (2014): A new genus and species of cyprinid fish (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, an ...

'' (3 species) * ''

Barboides ''Barboides'' is a genus of very small ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae from freshwater habitats in West and Middle Africa. Species *''Barboides britzi'' Conway & Moritz, 2006 *''Barboides gracilis ''Barboides gracilis'' is a species ...

'' (2 species) * '' Barbonymus'' (tinfoil barbs) (10 species) * '' Capoeta'' (35 species) * '' Carassioides'' (4 species) * ''

Carassius ''Carassius ''is a genus in the ray-finned fish family Cyprinidae. Most species in this genus are commonly known as crucian carps, though this term often specifically refers to '' C. carassius''. The most well known is the goldfish (''C. auratu ...

'' (5 species) * '' Cyprinus'' (24 extant and 1 fossil species) * '' Eechathalakenda'' (Channa barb) * '' Gymnocypris'' (10 species) * '' Labeobarbus'' (126 species) * '' Paraqianlabeo'' (1 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 Fish subfamilies Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Cyprininae-stub