Osteochilus ingeri is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Sabah.[1]
Osteochilus ingeri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
Genus: | Osteochilus |
Species: | O. ingeri
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Binomial name | |
Osteochilus ingeri Karnasuta, 1993
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Etymology
editIt was named in honor of Robert F. Inger (1920-2019), from the Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago), who collected type.[2]
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Osteochilus ingeri". 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.