Osteochilus bleekeri
| Osteochilus bleekeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Osteochilus |
| Species: | O. bleekeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Osteochilus bleekeri Kottelat, 2008
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Osteochilus bleekeri is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Borneo and Sumatra.[1]
Etymology[edit]
Named in honor of Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist Pieter Bleeker (1819-1878), who reported this species as Rohita triporos (=O. [Neorohita] microcephalus) in 1852.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Osteochilus bleekeri" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ^ 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.
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