Loaches

• An order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes characins
• Carp
• Suckers
• Sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cypriniformes \Cypriniformes\ n. an order of fishes including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as Cyprinoidea , a suborder of Ostariophysi . Syn: order Cypriniformes .

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cypriniformes is an order of ray-finned fish , including the carps , minnows , loaches and relatives. This order contains 11-12 families , over 400 genera , and more than 4,250 species, with new species being described every few months or so, and new genera ...