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Taxon: Family Cyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815 - carps (fish)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Actinopteri - (Order) Cypriniformes

Original entries

Araiocypris (Genus) Conway & Kottelat, 2008
Paedocypris (Genus) Kottelat, Britz, Tan & Witte, 2006

Current position

Cyprinoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 65; ECoF(4 Feb 2025).

Alternative positions

Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 137.
Cyprinoidea (Suborder)
Cyprinoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 181.

Historical positions

Cyprinoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 65.
Cyprinoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R. Betancur-R et al., 2017: 16.
Cyprinoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 181-182.
Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 24 Jan 2006.
Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong, 2011: 28.
Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: E.O. Wiley & G.D. Johnson, 2010: 137.
Cyprinoidea (Superfamily) Rafinesque, 1815 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 139-141.
Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: 1998
Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2455.
Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 605.
Cyprinoidei (Suborder) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: R.A. Fritzsche, 1982: 876.
Cypriniformes (Order) Bleeker, 1859 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 683-684.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 166g;1446s;27ss; ‡2s; †9g;19s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 23 May 2025 [166g]
2011 W.N. Eschmeyer & J.D. Fong: 28 352g;2838s
2004 S. He et al.: 130 ~210g;2010s
1984 X. Chen et al. [10sf]
1982 R.A. Fritzsche 5sf;275g;>1600s
1979 T.I. Storer et al. ~275g~2,000s
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Last updated: 21 Sep 2025