cypriniform fish
Noun
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A soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes (synset 101440849)
is a type of: malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygiisubtypes:
- loach - slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
- cyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
- electric eel, electrophorus electric - eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
- catostomid - a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae
- cyprinodont - any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
- live-bearer, poeciliid, poeciliid fish, topminnow - small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
- characid, characin, characin fish - any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
belongs to: cypriniformes, order cypriniformes - an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
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