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Cyprinodontiformes

Fish Orders

Cyprinodontiformes is an order of ray-finned fish comprising mostly small freshwater species, including many popular aquarium fish such as killifish and live-bearers. The order is closely related to, and sometimes combined with, the Atheriniformes; its members are colloquially called toothcarps, though they are not close relatives of the true carps, which belong to the separate superorder Ostariophysi.

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Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Taxonomic Rank
Order 2
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Parent Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Amargosa River pupfish
Source Nothobranchius furzeri (Wikidata)
Source Nothobranchius rachovii (Wikidata)
Source Tanganyika Killifish (Wikidata)
Source Wikidata: Tecopa pupfish
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Sources
1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ143748, descriptionView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Cyprinodontiformes
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source
Wikidata: Cyprinodontiformes
Wikidata Q143748, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Nothobranchius furzeri (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Nothobranchius furzeri, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Nothobranchius rachovii (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Nothobranchius rachovii, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Tecopa pupfish
Parent Taxon Of: Tecopa pupfish, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Wikidata: Amargosa River pupfish
Parent Taxon Of: Amargosa River pupfish, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
Tanganyika Killifish (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Tanganyika Killifish, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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