Cyprinidae

Cyprinidae is a large family of freshwater ray-finned fishes, including carps, minnows, barbs, and danios. Its members typically lack teeth in their jaws and instead use pharyngeal teeth to process food.

Cypriniformes: An order of freshwater ray-finned fishes that includes carps, loaches, and suckers. Cyprinidae is one family within this larger order.
Common carp: A large Eurasian freshwater fish widely raised for food and introduced across the world. It is a familiar, extensively cultivated cyprinid.
Aquaculture: The farming of aquatic organisms for food, products, or other purposes. Carps are among the world's most widely farmed freshwater fishes.
Catostomidae: A family of freshwater fishes commonly called suckers, native mainly to North America and eastern Asia. Suckers resemble some cyprinids but belong to a separate family within Cypriniformes.
Pharyngeal teeth: Tooth-like structures in the throat that help some fishes grip or grind food. Cyprinids process food with teeth in the throat rather than in the jaws.
Goldfish: A domesticated freshwater fish developed from the Prussian carp. Its long history of domestication illustrates the family’s close relationship with people.
Model organism: A species studied to understand biological processes that apply to other organisms. Zebrafish offer accessible embryos and powerful tools for studying vertebrate biology.
Characidae: A family of freshwater fishes that includes tetras and related species, mainly from the Americas and Africa. Characids are often called tetras or characins, not cyprinids, despite some similar body forms.
Ray-finned fish: A class of bony fishes whose fins are supported by slender bony or horny rays. Cyprinids belong to this broad and diverse group of fishes.
Zebrafish: A small South Asian freshwater fish widely used in biological research. This cyprinid is a major model organism in genetics and developmental biology.

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