cyprinid
Adjective
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Of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae (synset 302857053)
same as: cyprinoid
Noun
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Soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales (synset 101441762)
is a type of: cypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformessubtypes:
- carp - any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
- tench, tinca tinca - freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
- dace, leuciscus leuciscus - small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
- chub, leuciscus cephalus - European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
- shiner - any of numerous small silvery North American cyprinid fishes especially of the genus Notropis
- roach, rutilus rutilus - European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
- rudd, scardinius erythrophthalmus - European freshwater fish resembling the roach
- minnow, phoxinus phoxinus - very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
- gobio gobio, gudgeon - small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
- carassius auratus, goldfish - small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
- carassius carassius, carassius vulgaris, crucian carp - European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
belongs to: cyprinidae, family cyprinidae - a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dacesame as: cyprinid fish
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