Osteochilus scapularis

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Osteochilus scapularis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. scapularis
Binomial name
Osteochilus scapularis
Fowler, 1939

Osteochilus scapularis is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Sumatra. [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Osteochilus scapularis" in FishBase . November 2014 version.