Osteochilus spilurus

Osteochilus spilurus
Osteochilus spilurus (as Rohita oligolepis) in Bleeker's Fishes of the Indian Archipelago
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Genus:Osteochilus
Species: O. spilurus
Binomial name
Osteochilus spilurus
(Bleeker, 1851)
Synonyms

Dangila spilurus Bleeker, 1851
Rohita oligolepis Bleeker, 1853
Osteochilus oligolepis (Bleeker, 1853)

Osteochilus spilurus is a cyprinid freshwater fish from Southeast Asia.[2][3] It is found in Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.[1] It grows to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) SL.[2]

Habitat

Osteochilus spilurus is common and abundant in creeks and small water bodies in forests. It also occurs in peatswamp forest.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Osteochilus spilurus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T181063A1694304. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T181063A1694304.en. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Osteochilus spilurus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 June 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 June 2015.


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