The word “minnow” is a term that is sometimes used to describe any type of tiny fish. However, the only true minnows are particular kinds of small, or smallish, members of the carp family.
Nevertheless, it is still not easy to decide exactly what a minnow is, because this name has been given to a host of different species. Even within the carp family, it is used for members of various subfamilies.The name is not therefore an indication of a close relationship between different fish, but rather a more general indicator of their size. But even this is inaccurate, since some minnows are
