cypriniformes

1. An order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins;
   Loaches;
   Carp;
   Suckers;
   Sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi (synset 101440446)
   is a type of: animal order - the order of animals
   member holonym:

   • cypriniform fish - a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
   • cobitidae, family cobitidae - loaches
   • cyprinidae, family cyprinidae - a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
   • electrophoridae, family electrophoridae - small family comprising the electric eels
   • catostomidae, family catostomidae - suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae
   • cyprinodontidae, family cyprinodontidae - large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
   • family poeciliidae, poeciliidae - topminnows
   • characidae, family characidae - tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America
   belongs to: malacopterygii, superorder malacopterygii - an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
   same as: order cypriniformes

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