Biology:Osteochilus spilurus

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Osteochilus spilurus
Osteochilus spilurus Bleeker.jpg
Osteochilus spilurus (as Rohita oligolepis) in Bleeker's Fishes of the Indian Archipelago
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. spilurus
Binomial name
Osteochilus spilurus
(Bleeker, 1851)
Synonyms

Dangila spilurus Bleeker, 1851
Rohita oligolepis Bleeker, 1853
Osteochilus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1853)

Osteochilus spilurus is a cyprinid freshwater fish from Southeast Asia.[2][3] It is found in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.[1] It grows to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) SL.[2]

Habitat

Osteochilus spilurus is common and abundant in creeks and small water bodies in forests. It also occurs in peatswamp forest.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lumbantobing, D.; Huckstorf, V. (2020). "Osteochilus spilurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T181063A91066472. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T181063A91066472.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/181063/91066472. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Osteochilus spilurus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 June 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp. Retrieved 23 June 2015. 

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