Biology:Osteochilus kappenii

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Short description: Species of fish

Osteochilus kappenii
Osteochilus kappenii Bleeker.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. kappenii
Binomial name
Osteochilus kappenii
(Bleeker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Rohita kappenii
  • Osteochilus brevicauda

Osteochilus kappenii is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Kapuas, western Borneo.

Named in honor of Dutch health officer E. F. J. Van Kappen, who collected Bornean fishes for Bleeker.[1]


References

  1. "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 ☰ Q950373 entry