Osteobrama
| Osteobrama | |
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| Osteobrama alfredianus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Osteobrama Heckel, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus cotio Hamilton, 1822
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| Species | |
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8, see text. | |
| Synonyms | |
Osteobrama is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia consisting of eight species. The name is derived from the Greek word osteon, meaning "bone", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish.
Species
- Osteobrama alfredianus (Valenciennes, 1844)
- Osteobrama bakeri (F. Day, 1873)
- Osteobrama belangeri (Valenciennes, 1844)
- Osteobrama cotio (F. Hamilton, 1822)
- Osteobrama cunma (F. Day, 1888)
- Osteobrama feae Vinciguerra, 1890
- Osteobrama neilli (F. Day, 1873)
- Osteobrama peninsularis Silas, 1952
- Osteobrama vigorsii (Sykes, 1839)
Osteobrama bhimensis is a synonym of Osteobrama vigorsii according to Fishbase, and Fishbase also treats the former subspecies of O. cotio as distinct species: O. cotio, O. cunma and O. peninsularis.[2][3]
References
- ^ William Eschmeyer, ed. (2017). "Genera that contain: Osteobrama (not including unavailable names)". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Osteobrama cotio (Hamilton, 1822)". Fishbase. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- ^ Manorama Maisnam; Suresh Chandra; Kuldeep K. Lal; Rajeev K. Singh; Vindhya Mohindra (2017). "Characterization of threatened endemic fish Osteobrama belangeri (Valenciennes, 1844) and related species from North-East India based on morphological and molecular analysis". Mitochondrial DNA Part A. 0 (0). Abstract
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Osteobrama". FishBase. August 2011 version.
- "Osteobrama". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
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