Biology:Scaly osman

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Short description: Species of fish

Scaly osman
Diptychus maculatus Achilles 124.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Diptychus
Species:
D. maculatus
Binomial name
Diptychus maculatus
Synonyms
  • Diptychus gymnogaster Kessler, 1879
  • Ptychobarbus oschanini Berg, 1905
  • Diptychus pakistanicus Mirza & Awan, 1979

The scaly osman (Diptychus maculatus) is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish. It is native to Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau of China , India , Nepal and Pakistan , ranging west to the Tien Shan Mountains and Central Asia.[1][2] It is up to 70 cm (2.3 ft) in total length.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Diptychus maculatus" in FishBase. May 2019 version.
  2. Li, G.; Y. Tang; R. Zhang; and K. Zhao (2016). Phylogeography of Diptychus maculatus (Cyprinidae) endemic to the northern margin of the QTP and Tien Shan region. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(1). doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0756-3

Wikidata ☰ Q1040799 entry