Osteochilus melanopleura is a cyprinid freshwater fish from Southeast Asia.[2][4] It inhabits rivers, swamps, and marshlands, and is adapted to impounded waters and seasonally flooded habitats.[1] It is found in the Mekong River and Chao Phraya River and elsewhere in most countries in Indochina as well as in Sumatra and Borneo. It is eaten as a foodfish and is often processed into fermented products.[1] It grows to 60 cm (24 in) SL.[4]
| Osteochilus melanopleura | |
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| Captive in Chiang Mai Zoo and Aquarium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Osteochilus |
| Species: | O. melanopleura
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| Binomial name | |
| Osteochilus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1852)
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Rohita melanopleura Bleeker, 1852[2] | |
References
edit- ^ a b c Lumbantobing, D.; Vidthayanon, C. (2021). "Osteochilus melanopleura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T180985A89813360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T180985A89813360.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 June 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2013). "The fishes of the inland waters of Southeast Asia: a catalogue and core bibliography of the fishes known to occur in freshwaters, mangroves and estuaries". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 27: 1–663. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Osteochilus melanopleurus". FishBase. November 2014 version.
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