Biology:Osteochilus ingeri

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Osteochilus ingeri
Scientific classification edit
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

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


References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Osteochilus ingeri" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. "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 ☰ Q6411540 entry