HyperDic: order_cypriniformes

English > 1 sense of the expression order Cypriniformes:
NOUNanimalorder Cypriniformes, Cypriniformesan order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes
English > order Cypriniformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi.
SynonymCypriniformes
Member ofMalacopterygii, superorder MalacopterygiiAn extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
MembersCatostomidae, family Catostomidaesuckers
Characidae, family CharacidaeTropical freshwater fishes of Africa and South America and Central America
Cobitidae, family Cobitidaeloaches
Cyprinidae, family CyprinidaeA family of fish including
Cyprinodontidae, family Cyprinodontidaelarge family of small soft-finned fishes
Electrophoridae, family Electrophoridaesmall family comprising the electric eels
Poeciliidae, family Poeciliidaetopminnows
cypriniform fishA soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishcipriniformes
CatalanCipriniforme, cipriniformes, Cypriniformes

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