Cyprininae

Cyprininae
Goldfish (Carassius auratus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Cyprininae Rafinesque, 1815
Genera
Arabibarbus Barboides Barbonymus Capoeta Carassioides Carassius Cyprinus Eechathalakenda Gymnocypris Labeobarbus Paraqianlabeo

The Cyprininae are one of at least 11 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains three genera 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[edit]

• Arabibarbus (3 species)
• Barboides (2 species)
• Barbonymus (tinfoil barbs) (10 species)
• Capoeta (35 species)
• Carassioides (4 species)
• Carassius (5 species)
• Cyprinus (24 extant and 1 fossil species)
• Eechathalakenda (Channa barb)
• Gymnocypris (10 species)
• Labeobarbus (126 species)
• Paraqianlabeo (1 species)

References[edit]

• 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

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