CYPRINIDAE
(carps and relatives)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Carassius
a genus of bony fishes
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Leucaspius delineatus
Sunbleak
Species 2 ident. refs
Phoxinus phoxinus
Minnow
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 		Species 3 images
Pseudorasbora parva
Topmouth Gudgeon
Species 2 ident. refs
Rhodeus amarus
Bitterling
Species 1 ident. refs
Scardinius
a genus of bony fishes
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 8 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCYPRINIDAE (carps and relatives)
OrderCYPRINIFORMES (an order of bony fishes)
ClassACTINOPTERYGII (ray-finned fishes)
Informal[Pisces] (fishes)
SuperclassGNATHOSTOMATA (jawed craniates)
SubphylumVERTEBRATA (vertebrates)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

CYPRINIDAE (carps and relatives) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYPRINIDAE (carps and relatives)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 37 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CYPRINIDAE (carps and relatives)
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