Osteochilus lini

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Osteochilus lini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. lini
Binomial name
Osteochilus lini
Fowler, 1935

Osteochilus lini is a freshwater fish from Southeast Asia. [2] [3] 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. [1]

Osteochilus lini grows to 15 cm (5.9 in) SL. [2] It inhabits marshlands and swamps, but also uses streams and river as passage routes, and can move into flooded forests and fields. It is locally common in the Mekong basin and captured as a foodfish, together with the very common Osteochilus vittatus . [1]

Named in honor of ichthyologist Lin Shu-Yen (1903-1974). [4]


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References

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  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Osteochilus lini" in FishBase . November 2014 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 June 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. 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.