Carp

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

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 ...

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 .