Cyprinidae

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Noun

Cyprinidae - a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dacefamily Cyprinidaefish family - any of various families of fishCypriniformes, order Cypriniformes - an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysicyprinid, cyprinid fish - soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scalescarp - any of various freshwater fish of the family CyprinidaeCyprinus, genus Cyprinus - type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carpAbramis, genus Abramis - European fishesgenus Tinca, Tinca - tenchgenus Leuciscus, Leuciscus - a genus of fish including: dace, chubgenus Notropis, Notropis - shinersgenus Notemigonus, Notemigonus - golden shinersgenus Rutilus, Rutilus - roachesgenus Scardinius, Scardinius - ruddsgenus Phoxinus, Phoxinus - minnowsgenus Gobio, Gobio - true gudgeonsCarassius, genus Carassius - goldfish

Cyprinidae

[sī′prin·ə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) The largest family of fishes, including minnows and carps in the order Cypriniformes.

Cyprinidae

a family of fishes of the order Cypriniformes. The body is scaleless or covered with cycloid scales. There are approximately 200 genera and more than 1,000 species. In the USSR there are more than 50 genera. Cyprinids are freshwater migratory fishes; they are found throughout the world, except for South America, Australia, and Madagascar. They are the most abundant fauna in the USSR, Southern Asia, and tropical Africa. In the USSR, cyprinids are found in the Amur River and in the basins of the Black, Azov, and Caspian seas. They dwell in cold rapid waters and also in very warm waters that are poorly oxygenated. Their eggs are usually deposited on vegetation. Some species lay eggs on sand and rocks; others simply deposit them in deep water. The Amur false gudgeon (Pseudogobio rivularis) and the Chinese chebachok (Pseudorasbora parva) guard their eggs.

Many cyprinids have commercial importance, such as the North Caspian roach (Rutilus rutilus caspicus), the European bream (Abramis brama), and the carp (Cyprinus carpio). Some species, including the carp and the crucian carp (Carassius carassius) are raised and bred in ponds. The domesticated carp, grasscarp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), black carp (Mylopharyngo-don piceus), bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis), and the silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) have been adapted to waters in the European USSR, Middle Asia, Rumania, Poland, Cuba, and the German Democratic Republic.

A. A. SVETOVIDOVA

Cyprinidae

Related to Cyprinidae: Gasterosteidae, Catostomidae, Salmonidae, Percidae

noun

Synonyms for Cyprinidae

noun a family of fish including: carp

Synonyms

family Cyprinidae

Related Words

fish family
Cypriniformes
order Cypriniformes
cyprinid
cyprinid fish
carp
Cyprinus
genus Cyprinus
Abramis
genus Abramis
genus Tinca
Tinca
genus Leuciscus
Leuciscus
genus Notropis
Notropis
genus Notemigonus
Notemigonus
genus Rutilus
Rutilus
genus Scardinius
Scardinius
genus Phoxinus
Phoxinus
genus Gobio
Gobio
Carassius
genus Carassius