cypriniform fish

nouns

a soft-finned fish of the order Cypriniformes

is a member of

an order of animals including almost entirely freshwater fishes: characins; loaches; carp; suckers; sometimes classified as a suborder of Ostariophysi

Cypriniformes, order Cypriniformes

is a type of (narrower)

any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii

malacopterygian, soft-finned fish