#order_Cypriniformes__Cypriniformes  an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
  supertype:  animal_order  the order of animals
  member of:  superorder_Malacopterygii
  member:  cypriniform_fish__cypriniformfish  a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes
  member:  family_Cobitidae__Cobitidae  loaches
     member:  loach  slender freshwater fishes of Eurasia and Africa resembling catfishes
  member:  family_Cyprinidae__Cyprinidae  a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace
     member:  cyprinid_fish__cyprinid  soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales
     member:  carp  any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
     member:  genus_Cyprinus__Cyprinus  type genus of the family Cyprinidae: carp
        member:  domestic_carp__Cyprinus_carpio  large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia; inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food; introduced into United States where it has become a pest
     member:  genus_Abramis__Abramis  European fishes
        member:  European_bream__Abramis_brama  European freshwater fish having a flattened body and silvery scales; of little value as food
     member:  genus_Tinca__Tinca  tench
        member:  tench__Tinca_tinca  freshwater dace-like game fish of Europe and western Asia noted for ability to survive outside water
     member:  genus_Leuciscus__Leuciscus  a genus of fish including: dace, chub
        member:  dace__Leuciscus_leuciscus  small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
        member:  chub__Leuciscus_cephalus  European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
     member:  genus_Notropis__Notropis  shiners
        member:  common_shiner__silversides__Notropis_cornutus  the common North American shiner
     member:  genus_Notemigonus__Notemigonus  golden shiners
     member:  genus_Rutilus__Rutilus  roaches
        member:  Rutilus_rutilus__roach  European freshwater food fish having a greenish back
     member:  genus_Scardinius__Scardinius  rudds
        member:  rudd__Scardinius_erythrophthalmus  European freshwater fish resembling the roach
     member:  genus_Phoxinus__Phoxinus  minnows
        member:  minnow__Phoxinus_phoxinus  very small European freshwater fish common in gravelly streams
     member:  genus_Gobio__Gobio  true gudgeons
        member:  gudgeon__gobiogobio  small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
     member:  genus_Carassius__Carassius  goldfish
        member:  goldfish__Carassius_auratus  small golden or orange-red freshwater fishes of Eurasia used as pond or aquarium fishes
        member:  crucian_carp__cruciancarp__Carassius_carassius__Carassius_vulgaris  European carp closely resembling wild goldfish
  member:  family_Electrophoridae__Electrophoridae  small family comprising the electric eels
     member:  genus_Electrophorus__Electrophorus  type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels
        member:  electric_eel__Electrophorus_electric  eel-shaped freshwater fish of South America having electric organs in its body
  member:  family_Catostomidae__Catostomidae  suckers; closely related to the family Cyprinidae
     member:  catostomid  a cypriniform fish of the family Catostomidae
     member:  sucker  mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction; related to carps
     member:  genus_Catostomus__Catostomus  type genus of the family Catostomidae
     member:  genus_Ictiobus__Ictiobus  buffalo fishes
        member:  black_buffalo__blackbuffalo__Ictiobus_niger  fish of the lower Mississippi
     member:  genus_Hypentelium__Hypentelium  a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
     member:  genus_Maxostoma__Maxostoma  a genus of fish in the family Catostomidae
        member:  redhorse_sucker__redhorse  North American sucker with reddish fins
  member:  family_Cyprinodontidae__Cyprinodontidae  large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies
     member:  cyprinodont  any member of the family Cyprinodontidae
     member:  genus_Fundulus__Fundulus  killifish
        member:  mummichog__Fundulus_heteroclitus  silver-and-black killifish of saltwater marshes along the United States Atlantic coast
        member:  striped_killifish__stripedkillifish__mayfish__fundulusmajali  black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of United States Atlantic and Gulf coasts
     member:  genus_Rivulus  killifish
        member:  rivulus__rivulu  found in small streams of tropical America; often kept in aquariums; usually hermaphroditic
     member:  genus_Jordanella__Jordanella  flagfishes
        member:  American_flagfish__flagfish__Jordanella_floridae  flagfish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida
     member:  genus_Xyphophorus__Xyphophorus  swordtails
        member:  swordtail__helleri__Xyphophorus_helleri  freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish
     member:  genus_Lebistes__Lebistes  guppies
  member:  family_Poeciliidae__Poeciliidae  topminnows
     member:  topminnow__poeciliid_fish__poeciliidfish__poeciliid__live-bearer  small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control
     member:  genus_Gambusia__Gambusia  mosquitofish
        member:  mosquitofish__Gambusia_affinis  silvery topminnow with rows of black spots of tropical North America and West Indies; important in mosquito control
     member:  genus_Platypoecilus__Platypoecilus  platys
        member:  platy__Platypoecilus_maculatus  small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
     member:  genus_Mollienesia__Mollienesia  mollies
        member:  mollie__molly  popular aquarium fish
  member:  family_Characidae__Characidae  tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and S and Central America
     member:  characin_fish__characin__characid  any freshwater fish of the family Characinidae
     member:  genus_Hemigrammus__Hemigrammus  tetras
        member:  tetra  brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
     member:  genus_Paracheirodon__Paracheirodon  a genus of Characidae
        member:  cardinal_tetra__Paracheirodon_axelrodi  small bright red and blue aquarium fish from streams in Brazil and Columbia
     member:  genus_Serrasalmus__Serrasalmus  piranhas
        member:  piranha__pirana__caribe  small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals

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