Sardine and pilchard are common names for various species of small, oily forage fish in the herring suborder Clupeoidei. The term 'sardine' was first used in English during the early 15th century; a somewhat dubious etymology says it comes from the Italian island of Sardinia, around which sardines were once supposedly abundant.
Sprat is the common name applied to a group of forage fish belonging to the genus Sprattus in the family Clupeidae. The term also is applied to a number of other small sprat-like forage fish. Like most forage fishes, sprats are highly active, small, oily fish. They travel in large schools with other fish and swim continuously throughout the day.
Balitora annamitica is a species of hill-stream loach from the Mekong River Basin in Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos, and possibly Vietnam. It might be more than one species.
Osteochilus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. The fishes in this genus are mainly found in Southeast Asia with a few extending into adjacent parts of China.
Osteochilichthys longidorsalis is a species of fish in the family Cyprinidae. Its common names are hiffin carp and long finned barb.
Osteochilus lini is a freshwater fish from Southeast Asia. It is found in the lower Mekong River basin, the Chao Phraya River basin, and some coastal drainages; it occurs in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. Its common name is dusky face carp.
Osteochilus melanopleura is a cyprinid freshwater fish from Southeast Asia. It inhabits rivers, swamps, and marshlands, and is adapted to impounded waters and seasonally flooded habitats. It is found in the Mekong River and Chao Phraya River and elsewhere in most countries in Indochina as well as in Sumatra and Borneo. It is eaten as a foodfish and is often processed into fermented products. It grows to 60 cm (24 in) SL.
Osteochilus microcephalus is a cyprinid freshwater fish from Southeast Asia.
Osteochilus spilurus is a cyprinid freshwater fish from Southeast Asia. It is found in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo. It grows to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) SL.
Osteochilus vittatus is a species of cyprinid fish from Southeast Asia. Its common name is bonylip barb,Hasselt's bony-lipped barb, hard-lipped barb, or silver sharkminnow. It grows to 32 cm (13 in) SL.
Osteochilus waandersii is a cyprinid freshwater fish from Southeast Asia. It is found in Indochina as well as in Sumatra and Borneo. Its common name is Waanders's hard-lipped barb.
Osteochilus kerinciensis is a species of cyprinid fish. It is endemic to Sumatra (Indonesia). It is known from the upper reaches of the Batang Hari River basin, including upstream tributaries and highland lakes. The specific name kerinciensis refers to its type locality, Lake Kerinci.
Osteochilus enneaporos is a species of cyprinid fish found from Thailand to Indonesia.
Osteochilichthys nashii, Nash's barb, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and allies. This fish is endemic to the Western Ghats in Kerala and Karnataka in southern India.
Osteochilus salsburyi is a species of cyprinid fish found in Laos, northern Vietnam, and southern China.
Osteochilus sarawakensis is a species of cyprinid fish. It is endemic to northern Borneo and occurs in Malaysia and in Brunei. It occurs in mountain streams in the upper reaches of river basins with forested vegetation, clear water, and rapid current.
The giant sharkminnow a species of cyprinid fish found in southeast Asia.
Osteochilus serokan is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Sumatra.
Osteochilus striatus is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Laos.
Diplocheilichthys jentinkii is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes. This species was first formally described in 1904 as Osteochilus jentinkii by the Dutch ichthyologist Canna Maria Louise Popta with its type locality given as the Bongon River in the Mahakam River basin in eastern Borneo. The specific name honours the Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink who was the curator of the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, and edited the journal in which Popta published her description. This fish is endemism to Borneo where it occurs in the upper reaches of rivers in the Kapuas River basin in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, and in Sarawak, East Malaysia.
