Carps, Characins, Catfishes and Allies
Ostariophysi
Ostariophysi is the second-largest superorder of fish. Members of this superorder are called ostariophysians. This diverse group contains 10,758 species, about 28% of known fish species in the world and 68% of freshwater species, and are present on all continents except Antarctica. They have a number of common characteristics such as an alarm substance and a Weberian apparatus. Members of this group include fish important to people for food, sport, the aquarium industry, and research.
5 branches of this group, most-observed first · about 11,888 known species
Minnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches
orderCypriniformes
Catfishes
orderSiluriformes
Characins
orderCharaciformes
Neotropical Knifefishes
orderGymnotiformes
Milkfishes
orderGonorynchiformes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1543570.