Xenocyprididae

Xenocyprididae
Temporal range: Middle Eocene to present
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Suborder: Cyprinoidei
Family: Xenocyprididae
Günther, 1868

Xenocyprididae,[1] is a family of freshwater ray-finned fishes with a natural distribution in Asia. This taxon, sometimes spelt Xenocypridae, was previoulsy regarded to be a subfamily, Xenocyprinae,[2] of the family Cyprinidae. Cyprinidae sensu lato is now divided into a number of smaller families within the suborder Cyprinoidei, in the order Cypriniformes.[3]

Genera

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Xenocyprididae contains the following valid genera:[1]

A potential fossil genus of the Xenocyprinae is Planktophaga from the middle-late Eocene of Vietnam. Although initially classified under the East Asian group of Leuciscinae sensu lato (as Hypophthalmichthys was previously classified under it), it has unique pharyngeal teeth only shared with Hypophthalmichthys, and thus may represent a basal member of the group. Fossil teeth of indeterminate xenocyprines were found from the same site.[4][5]

Taxonomy

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Xenocyprididae was previously considered to be a part of the family Cyprinidae, along with the Danionidae, Leuciscidae, Tincidae other related fish taxa. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes place all of these groups, formerly considered to be subfamilies of the Cyprinidae sensu lato in the large, widespread and diverse suborder Cyprinoidei, consisting, mainly, of freshwater ray-finned fish.[3] This conforms with the classification adopted by other authorities.[6][7] TThe suborder Cyprinoidei is classified in the order Cypriniformes.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenocyprididae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  2. ^ Nelson, J.S.; Grande, T.C.; Wilson, M.V.H. (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 186. doi:10.1002/9781119174844. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. LCCN 2015037522. OCLC 951899884. OL 25909650M.
  3. ^ a b c "Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes Classification". Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
  4. ^ Böhme, Madelaine; Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Appel, Erwin; Havlik, Philipe; Métais, Grégoire; The Phuc, Laq; Schneider, Simon; Setzer, Fabian; Tappert, Ralf; Ngoc Tran, Dang; Uhl, Dieter; Prieto, Jérôme (2013). "Na Duong (northern Vietnam) - an exceptional window into Eocene ecosystems from Southeast Asia". Zitteliana. A (53): 120–167. doi:10.5282/UBM/EPUB.19019.
  5. ^ Chen, GengJiao; Chang, Mee-Mann; Liu, HuanZhang (2015-07-01). "Revision of Cyprinus maomingensis Liu 1957 and the first discovery of Procypris-like cyprinid (Teleostei, Pisces) from the late Eocene of South China". Science China Earth Sciences. 58 (7): 1123–1132. Bibcode:2015ScChD..58.1123C. doi:10.1007/s11430-015-5085-7. ISSN 1869-1897.
  6. ^ Thomas J. Near; Christine E. Thacker (2024). "Phylogenetic Classification of Living and Fossil Ray-Finned Fishes (Actinopterygii)". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 65 (1): 3–302. doi:10.3374/014.065.0101.
  7. ^ Betancur-R, R.; Wiley, E.O.; Arratia, G.; et al. (2017). "Phylogenetic classification of bony fishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (162): 162. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..162B. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-0958-3. PMC 5501477. PMID 28683774.Open access icon