Osteochilus harrisoni

Osteochilus harrisoni is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to northern Borneo.[1]

Osteochilus harrisoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. harrisoni
Binomial name
Osteochilus harrisoni
Fowler, 1905

Named in honor of Alfred C. Harrison, Jr. (1869-1925), explorer of Borneo and Sumatra, who collected type.[2]


References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Osteochilus harrisoni" 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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