| Cyprinidae Temporal range:
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| The common carp, Cyprinus carpio | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cyprinoidea |
| Family: | Cyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Type genus | |
| Cyprinus | |
| Subfamilies | |
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Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family, including the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives the barbs and barbels, among others. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family, and the largest vertebrate animal family overall, with about 3,000 species; only 1,270 of these remain extant, divided into about 200 valid genera.[1][2] Cyprinids range from about 12 mm (0.5 in) in size to the 3 m (9.8 ft) giant barb (Catlocarpio siamensis).[3] By genus and species count, the family makes up more than two-thirds of the ostariophysian order Cypriniformes.[1][2][4] The family name is derived from the Greek word kyprînos (κυπρῖνος 'carp').
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Cyprinidae". FishBase. July 2015 version.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cyprinidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Catlocarpio siamensis". FishBase. March 2015 version.
- ^ Nelson, Joseph (2006). Fishes of the World. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.