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Osteochilus chini

Osteochilus chini is a species of cyprinid fish in the Labeoninae endemic to Sabah.

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Osteochilus chini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. chini
Binomial name
Osteochilus chini
Karnasuta, 1993
Synonyms
  • Osteochilus kahajanensis chini

Osteochilus chini is a species of cyprinid fish in the Labeoninae endemic to Sabah.1

Osteochilus chini, which means bony lip, feed on algae and are common in slow water habitats.1

Etymology

Named in honor of Datuk (honorific title) Chin Phui Kong (1923-ca. 2016), Malaysian ichthyologist, who helped collect type in 1956.2


References

References

  1. "Osteochilus chini". www.fishbase.de. Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  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. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.