Incisilabeo
| Incisilabeo | |
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| Male in breeding condition, captive in Siam Ocean World | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Incisilabeo Fowler, 1937 |
| Species: | I. behri
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| Binomial name | |
| Incisilabeo behri (Fowler, 1937)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Incisilabeo is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.[3] The only species in the gneus is Incisilabeo behri.[4]
Males develop a distinctive nuchal hump with pearl organs during the breeding season. This sexual ornament is uniquely divided in two by a notch at the level of the eyes, from which the generic name Incisilabeo is derived: incisum "notch" plus Labeo.[5]
The specific name honours Otto Behr (1861–1934), an amateur naturalist and ornithologist from Lopez, Pennsylvania who provided wildlife specimens from Thailand that Fowler worked on during his employment at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Rainboth, W. (2011). "Bangana behri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T180773A7651418. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180773A7651418.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2023). "Incisilabeo behri (Fowler, 1937)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cyprinidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Incisilabeo". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
- ^ a b Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
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