Order Cypriniformes Bleeker 1859 (carp-like fish)
Parent taxon: Otophysa according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Böhme 2008, Böhme 2010, Fierstine et al. 2012, Long 2011, Mors et al. 2000, Nelson 2006 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Chanoididae, Characiformes, Characiphysae, Characiphysi, Cyprinae, Cypriniphysi, Gymnotiformes, Siluriformes, Siluriphysi
Subtaxa: Cobitoidei Cyprinoidei Siluri
Ecology: nektonic omnivore