Cyprinae is a subfamily of largely freshwater ray-finned fishes, one of ten subfamilies belonging to the family Cyprinidae. This family comprises the carps, goldfishes, barbs and related genera.
Genera
Cyprinae contains the following recognised extant genera:
- Aaptosyax <small>Rainboth, 1991</small>
- Albulichthys <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- Amblyrhynchichthys <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- Balantiocheilos <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- Carassioides <small>Oshima, 1926</small>
- Carassius <small>Jarocki, 1822</small>
- Cosmochilus <small>Sauvage, 1878</small>
- Cyclocheilichthys <small>Bleeker, 1859</small>
- Cyclocheilos <small>Bleeker, 1859</small>
- Cyprinus <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>
- Discherodontus <small>Rainboth, 1989</small>
- Eirmotus <small>Schultz, 1959</small>
- Hypsibarbus <small>Rainboth, 1996</small>
- Kalimantania <small>BÃÂnÃÂrescu, 1980</small>
- Laocypris <small>Kottelat, 2000</small>
- Luciocyprinus <small>Vaillant, 1904</small>
- Mystacoleucus <small>Günther, 1868</small>
- Neobarynotus <small>BÃÂnÃÂrescu, 1980</small>
- Parasikukia <small>Doi, 2000</small>
- Paraspinibarbus <small>X.-L. Chu & Kottelat, 1989</small>
- Parator <small>H. W. Wu, G. R. Yang, P. Q. Yue & H. J. Huang, 1963</small>
- Poropuntius <small>H. M. Smith, 1931</small>
- Procypris <small>S.-Y. Lin, 1933</small>
- Pseudosinocyclocheilus <small>C.-G. Zhang & Y.-H. Zhao, 2016</small>
- Puntioplites <small>H. M. Smith, 1929</small>
- Rohteichthys <small>Bleeker, 1860</small>
- Sawbwa <small>Annandale, 1918</small>
- Scaphognathops <small>H.M. Smith, 1945</small>
- Sikukia <small>H. M. Smith, 1931</small>
- Sinocyclocheilus <small>P.-W. Fang, 1936</small>
- Troglocyclocheilus <small>Kottelat & Bréhier, 1999</small>
- Typhlobarbus <small>X.-L. Chu & W.-R. Chen, 1982</small>
The following extinct genera have also been included within the Cyprininae:
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