Osteochilus bleekeri
Appearance
Osteochilus bleekeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
Genus: | Osteochilus |
Species: | O. bleekeri
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Binomial name | |
Osteochilus bleekeri Kottelat, 2008
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Osteochilus bleekeri is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Borneo and Sumatra.[1]
Etymology
[edit]Named in honor of Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878), who reported this species as Rohita triporos (=O. [Neorohita] microcephalus) in 1852.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Osteochilus bleekeri". FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 February 2021.