Cyprininae 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 Rainboth, 1991 Albulichthys Bleeker, 1860 Amblyrhynchichthys Bleeker, 1860 Balantiocheilos Bleeker, 1860 Carassioides Oshima, 1926 Carassius Jarocki, 1822 Cosmochilus Sauvage, 1878 Cyclocheilichthys Bleeker, 1859 Cyclocheilos Bleeker, 1859 Cyprinus Linnaeus, 1758 Discherodontus Rainboth, 1989 Eirmotus Schultz, 1959 Hypsibarbus Rainboth, 1996 Kalimantania Bănărescu, 1980 Laocypris Kottelat, 2000 Luciocyprinus Vaillant, 1904 Mystacoleucus Günther, 1868 Neobarynotus Bănărescu, 1980 Parasikukia Doi, 2000 Paraspinibarbus X.-L. Chu & Kottelat, 1989 Parator H. W. Wu, G. R. Yang, P. Q. Yue & H. J. Huang, 1963 Poropuntius H. M. Smith, 1931 Procypris S.-Y. Lin, 1933 Pseudosinocyclocheilus C.-G. Zhang & Y.-H. Zhao, 2016 Puntioplites H. M. Smith, 1929 Rohteichthys Bleeker, 1860 Sawbwa Annandale, 1918 Scaphognathops H.M. Smith, 1945 Sikukia H. M. Smith, 1931 Sinocyclocheilus P.-W. Fang, 1936 Troglocyclocheilus Kottelat & Bréhier, 1999 Typhlobarbus X.-L. Chu & W.-R. Chen, 1982
The following extinct genera have also been included within the Cyprininae: †Eoprocypris (1 fossil species) †Huashancyprinus (1 fossil species) †Palaeocarassius (4 fossil species)
Subdivisions This giant subfamily has been further divided into tribes.
Two controversial subfamilies are nested inside Cyprininae: Barbinae and Labeoninae. The former is now very poorly defined due to the proximity of Barbus barbus to Cyprinus. The latter can still form a distinct-enough clade to be known as tribe Labeonini when subsumed inside this subfamily.
Sinocyclocheilus, Cyprinus, and Carassius are known to share an allotetraploidization event. The latter two are classified as tribe Cyprinini sensu Rainboth 1981.
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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