Osteochilus sondhii

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Osteochilus sondhii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus
Species:
O. sondhii
Binomial name
Osteochilus sondhii
Hora & Mukerji, 1934

Osteochilus sondhii is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Myanmar. [1] It is sometimes considered conspecific with Labeo dyocheilus.

Named in honor of geologist Ved Pall Sondhi (1903-1989), Geological Survey of India, who collected the type specimen. [2]


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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Osteochilus sondhii" in FishBase . November 2014 version.
  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. Retrieved 22 February 2021.