Carp, Catfish and Tetra Orders (Ostariophysi) is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers the fish orders of carps and minnows, catfishes and tetras. An entry belongs here when its own cited article states that it is an order of carps, catfishes or tetras. It excludes salmon, perch and eel orders. Members are placed by the classification their cited article gives, not by common name or appearance alone.
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Cypriniformes (Wikipedia)
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Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish which contains many sister families and genera of cypriniform fish split into several suborders, including the barbs, loaches, botias, carps, danionins, and minnows, amongst others.
Catfish, Wikipedia
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Catfish are a diverse group of ray-finned fish of the order Siluriformes (historically Nematognathi).
Characiformes, Wikipedia
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Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies.
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