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An order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes characins
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cypriniformes
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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 .
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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 ...