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Koi (Cyprinus carpio) are classified in the taxonomic hierarchy as follows:

bulletKingdom - Animalia
bulletPhylum - Chordata
bulletSubPhylum - Vertebrata
bulletSuperclass - Osteichthyes
bulletClass - Actinopterygii (Ray finned fishes)
bulletSubclass - Neopterygii
bulletInfraclass - Teleostei (Bony Fishes)
bulletSuperorder - Ostariophysi (Carp, minnows, Catfish, etc - have Weberian Apparatus)
bulletOrder - Cypriniformes (Carp, Minnows, etc.)
bulletFamily - Cyprinidae
bulletGenus - Cyprinus
bulletSpecies- Cyprinus carpio
bulletSubspecies - (koi)*

Note: Cyprinus spp. refers to all species in the "Cyprinus" Genus

*Subspecies has not been assigned official Latin name yet.

 

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