Biology:Osteochilus sondhii

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Osteochilus sondhii
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. sondhii
Binomial name
Osteochilus sondhii
Hora & Mukerji, 1934

Osteochilus sondhii is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Myanmar.[1] It is sometimes considered conspecific with Labeo dyocheilus.

Named in honor of geologist Ved Pall Sondhi (1903-1989), Geological Survey of India, who collected the type specimen.[2]


References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Osteochilus sondhii" 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 ☰ Q3767512 entry