Osteochilus bleekeri

Osteochilus bleekeri is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Borneo and Sumatra.[1]

Osteochilus bleekeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. bleekeri
Binomial name
Osteochilus bleekeri
Kottelat, 2008

Etymology

Named in honor of Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878), who reported this species as Rohita triporos (=O. [Neorohita] microcephalus) in 1852.[2]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Osteochilus bleekeri" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 17 February 2021.


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