Cypriniformes

Cypriniformes Temporal range: Paleocene–recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
A wild-type common carp (Cyprinus carpio, Cyprinidae: Cyprininae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
(unranked):	Otophysi
(unranked):	Cypriniphysae
Order:	Cypriniformes Bleeker, 1859
Type species
Cyprinus carpio (Linnaeus, 1758)
Families[4]
Acheilognathidae[1] Balitoridae Barbuccidae[2] Botiidae[2] Catostomidae Cobitidae Cyprinidae Danionidae[1] Ellopostomatidae[2] Gastromyzontidae[2] Gobionidae[1] Gyrinocheilidae †Jianghanichthyidae[3] Leptobarbidae[1] Leuciscidae[1] Nemacheilidae Paedocyprididae[1] Psilorhynchidae Serpenticobitidae[2] Sundadanionidae[1] Tanichthyidae[1] Tincidae[1] Vaillantellidae[2] Xenocyprididae[1] and see text
Diversity
Around 4,205 species

Cypriniformes /sɪˈprɪnɪfɔːrmiːz/ is an order of ray-finned fish, which includes many families and genera of cyprinid (carps and their kin) fish, such as barbs, gobies, loaches, botias, and minnows (among others). Cypriniformes is an “order-within-an-order”, placed under the superorder Ostariophysi—which is also made up of cyprinid, ostariophysin fishes. The order contains 11-12 families (with some authorities having listed as many as 23),^[5] over 400 genera, and more than 4,250 named species; new species are regularly described, and new genera are recognized frequently.^[4][6] Cyprinids are most diverse in South and Southeast Asia, but are entirely absent from Australia and South America.^[7] At 112 years old, the longest-lived cypriniform fish documented is the bigmouth buffalo.^[8]

Their closest living relatives are the Characiformes (characins, tetras and their kin), the Gymnotiformes (electric eel and American knifefishes), and the Siluriformes (catfishes).^[9]