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n. - A family of fish including: carp.

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  • Cyprinidae, are by far the most common; one loach, and one of
  • Many of these species come from the minnow family Cyprinidae.
  • The fish are, four kinds of Cyprinidae, including one Oreinus, and one loach.
  • Then come loaches, and the beautiful trout-like Opsarion; other Cyprinidae ascend 2,000 or 3,000 feet, the
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