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Key to the Cypriniformes
Cypriniform fishes can be diagnosed on the basis of:
- Specialized pharyngeal teeth
- Most with protractile upper jaws
- Adipose fin usually absent
- Opercular canal usually present (secondarily lost in phoxinins and some other cyprinids)
- Jaws and palate toothless
- Pharyngeal teeth oppose basioccipital, rather than dorsal pharyngeal elements; area of basioccipital involved with pharyngeal teeth covered by pad
Use the key below to study the families of Cypriniformes!
1a. Snout with no or a single pair of barbels
1b. Snout with two or more pair of barbels
