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nounan order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi
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Definition that contains cypriniformes
- order ostariophysi in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes
- ostariophysi in some classifications considered a superorder comprising the Cypriniformes and the Siluriformes
- cypriniform fish a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes