Tincinae is a doubtful

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of freshwater

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

from the family Cyprinidae, it consists of the

tench The tench or doctor fish (''Tinca tinca'') is a freshwater, fresh- and brackish water, brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Great Britain, Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far ...

of Eurasia and the east Asian clod minnows.

Genera

There are two genera which are classified within the Tincinae, according to the 5th edition of the ''

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'', although in other classifications the subfamily is treated as either synonymous with other subfamilies within Cyprinidae or as a family in its own right. These also give differing statuses to ''Tanichthys''. *''

Tanichthys ''Tanichthys'' is a genus of freshwater fish, it is the only genus in the family Tanichthyidae in the order (biology), order Cypriniformes. They are native to rivers and streams in China and Vietnam. Until recently, the type species, ''T. albonub ...

'' S. Y. Lin, 1932 (mountain or cardinal minnows) *''

Tinca Tinca () is a commune in the south-central part of Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Belfir (), Gurbediu (), Girișu Negru (), Râpa (), and Tinca. Historic attestation It was first mentioned as a village in a Pap ...

'', Garsault 1764 (tench) ,

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has ''Tinca'' listed under Tincidae,''Tanichthys'' under Xenocypridinae, and considers this rank to be invalid.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q33144434 Cyprinidae Fish subfamilies Taxa named by David Starr Jordan