Cyprininae Explained

The Cyprininae are one of at least 11 subfamilies of cyprinid fish. It contains three genera in its strictest definition but many more are included depending on which authority is defining it, especially if the Labeobarbinae is not considered to be a valid grouping.

Recognized genera

• Arabibarbus (3 species)
• Barboides (2 species)
• Barbonymus (tinfoil barbs) (10 species)
• Capoeta (28 species)
• Carassioides (4 species)
• Carassius (5 species)
• Cyprinus (24 extant and 1 fossil species)
• Eechathalakenda (Channa barb) (1 species)
• †Eoprocypris (1 fossil species)^[1]
• Gymnocypris (10 species)
• †Huashancyprinus (1 fossil species)^[2]
• Labeobarbus (126 species)
• †Palaeocarassius (4 fossil species)
• Paracapoeta (5 species)
• Paraqianlabeo (1 species)
• Pseudosinocyclocheilus (1 species)

References

• Phylogeny of the subfamily cyprininae (Pisces: Cyprinidae), Z. Wei, Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 1989
• Cyprininae, XL Chen, HJ Huang, Monographs of Cyprinidae in China, Shanghai, 1982
• Cyprininae, YL Luo, PQ Yue, Fauna Sinica. Osteichthyes: Cypriniformes III. Science, 2000

Notes and References

1. Chen . GengJiao . Chang . Mee-Mann . Liu . HuanZhang . 2015-07-01 . Revision of Cyprinus maomingensis Liu 1957 and the first discovery of Procypris-like cyprinid (Teleostei, Pisces) from the late Eocene of South China . Science China Earth Sciences . en . 58 . 7 . 1123–1132 . 10.1007/s11430-015-5085-7 . 1869-1897.
2. Chen . GengJiao . Chang . Mee-mann . 2011-04-01 . A new early cyprinin from Oligocene of South China . Science China Earth Sciences . en . 54 . 4 . 481–492 . 10.1007/s11430-011-4182-5 . 1869-1897.