Biology:Giant sharkminnow

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Short description: Species of fish

Giant sharkminnow
Osteochilus schlegelii Bleeker.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. schlegelii
Binomial name
Osteochilus schlegelii
(Bleeker, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Osteochilus schlegeli
  • Rohita schlegelii

The giant sharkminnow (Osteochilus schlegelii) a species of cyprinid fish found in southeast Asia.[2]

The name honors Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) who was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist.

References

  1. Vidthayanon, C.; Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Osteochilus schlegelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T187972A91065652. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T187972A91065652.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/187972/91065652. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Osteochilus schlegelii" in FishBase. November 2014 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1105375 entry