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Osteochilus ingeri

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Osteochilus ingeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. ingeri
Binomial name
Osteochilus ingeri
Karnasuta, 1993

Osteochilus ingeri is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Sabah.[1]

Etymology

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It was named in honor of Robert F. Inger (1920-2019), from the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), who collected type.[2]


References

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  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Osteochilus ingeri". FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. ^ 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.