Order Cypriniformes (Noun)
Meaning
An order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Cypriniformes comprise a diverse group of ray-finned fish, with many species distributed across North America, Europe, and Asia.
- The order Cypriniformes includes the suckers and minnows that dominate the freshwater ecosystems of many parts of the world.
- Some sources, however, consider the Cypriniformes to be a suborder rather than a full order within the Ostariophysi.
- In North America, the family Catostomidae, which includes suckers, is the only representative of the order Cypriniformes.
- Cypriniformes, the largest order of freshwater fish, can be found in a wide variety of aquatic environments.