Cypriniformes, order Cypriniformes

an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi

• animal order — the order of animals

• 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
• Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidae — topminnows
• Characidae, family Characidae — tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and S and Central America

• Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii — an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays