(vertebrate zoology) A suborder of primarily fresh-water actinopterygian fishes in the order Cypriniformes having toothless jaws, no adipose fin, and faliciform lower pharyngeal bones.
Cyprinoidei
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(′sī·prə′nöi·dē′ī)
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 | Catostomidae (vertebrate zoology) |
| Gyrinocheilidae (vertebrate zoology) |
| Homalopteridae (vertebrate zoology) |
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- Catostomidae (vertebrate zoology)
- Gyrinocheilidae (vertebrate zoology)
- Homalopteridae (vertebrate zoology)
- Psilorhynchidae (vertebrate zoology)
- Cobitidae (vertebrate zoology)
- Gastromyzontidae (vertebrate zoology)
- Cypriniformes (parazoa – porifera)
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