The carp and minnow families are the families of the order Cypriniformes. Animal Diversity Web lists six, Balitoridae, the river loaches, Catostomidae, the suckers, Cobitidae, the loaches, Cyprinidae, the minnows or carps, Gyrinocheilidae, the algae eaters, and Psilorhynchidae, the mountain carps. GBIF's backbone has more, with Cyprinidae by far the largest at about 7,073 descendant taxa, then Nemacheilidae at about 1,265, Cobitidae at about 581, Balitoridae at about 398 and Catostomidae at about 189, so the minnows and carps hold most of the order.
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Animal Diversity Web: Cypriniformes
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Family Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps)
GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Cypriniformes
GBIF SecretariatChildren of Cypriniformes
"canonicalName":"Cyprinidae","vernacularName":"carps","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":7073
Children of Cypriniformes: Balitoridae
"canonicalName":"Balitoridae","vernacularName":"river loaches","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":" in Lardner (Ed.), The cabinet cyclopedia , vol. 2, p. 190","numDescendants":398
Children of Cypriniformes: Catostomidae
"canonicalName":"Catostomidae","vernacularName":"suckers","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":189
Children of Cypriniformes: Cobitidae
"canonicalName":"Cobitidae","vernacularName":"loaches","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":" in Lardner, The Cabinet Cyclopedia , vol. 2, p. 190","numDescendants":581
Children of Cypriniformes: Gyrinocheilidae
"canonicalName":"Gyrinocheilidae","vernacularName":"algae eaters","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":6
Children of Cypriniformes: Psilorhynchidae
"canonicalName":"Psilorhynchidae","vernacularName":"mountain carps","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":59
Children of Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae
"canonicalName":"Nemacheilidae","vernacularName":"Stone Loaches","authorship":"","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"FAMILY","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":1265
View the Source Wikipedia: Danionin
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The danionins are a group of small, slender "minnow-type" pelagic freshwater fish in the family Danionidae of the suborder Cyprinoidei.
Wikipedia: Leuciscidae
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Leuciscidae is a family of pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fishes(formerly classified as a subfamily of the Cyprinidae), which consists of the true minnows, shiners, and daces.
Wikipedia: Tench
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The tench or doctor fish (Tinca tinca) is a fresh- and brackish-water fish of the order Cypriniformes found throughout Eurasia from Western Europe including Britain and Ireland east into Asia as far as the Ob and Yenisei Rivers.
Cyprinidae (Wikipedia)
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Cyprinidae is a family of medium-to-large, mostly pelagic, freshwater ray-finned fishes commonly referred to as the carp family including the true carps, barbs, and barbels, among others.
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