Osteochilus kappenii

Osteochilus kappenii is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Kapuas, western Borneo.

Osteochilus kappenii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. kappenii
Binomial name
Osteochilus kappenii
(Bleeker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Rohita kappenii
  • Osteochilus brevicauda

Named in honor of Dutch health officer E. F. J. Van Kappen, who collected Bornean fishes for Bleeker.[1]


References
  1. 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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