Category:Cypriniformes

This category contains articles about the Cyprinids taxa in the Cypriniformes order - the minnows, suckers and loaches. There are four families within this order:

The first and most well known is
 * Cyprinidae, this contains the carp, barbs, danios, goldfish, minnows, rasboras, etc.

Other families within cypriniformes are:


 * Balitoridae - River Loaches including Hillstream loaches
 * Cobitidae - Loaches
 * Catostomidae - Suckers
 * Gyrinocheilidae - Algae eaters
 * Psilorhynchidae

The Characins were once part of the cypriniformes but now reside within Category:Characiformes