Biology:Osteochilus chini
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Short description: Species of fish
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Osteochilus |
| Species: | O. chini
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| Binomial name | |
| Osteochilus chini Karnasuta, 1993
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Osteochilus chini is a species of cyprinid fish in the Labeoninae endemic to Sabah.[1]
Osteochilus chini, which means bony lip, feed on algae and are common in slow water habitats.[1]
Etymology
Named in honor of Datuk (honorific title) Chin Phui Kong (1923-ca. 2016), Malaysian ichthyologist, who helped collect type in 1956.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Osteochilus chini". https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Osteochilus-chini.html.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes7/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6411129 entry
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