| Osteobrama | |
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| Osteobrama alfredianus | |
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| Osteobrama belangeri | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
| Genus: | Osteobrama Heckel, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Cyprinus cotio Hamilton, 1822 | |
| Species | |
10, seetext. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
SmiliogasterBleeker, 1860 | |
Osteobrama is a genus ofcyprinidfish found in southernAsia consisting of eight species. The name is derived from theGreek wordosteon, meaning "bone", and theOld French wordbreme, a type of freshwater fish.
These are the species in the genus:[2]
Fishbase formerly regardedO. bhimensis as asynonym ofO. vigorsii, and also treats the former subspecies ofO. cotio as distinct species:O. cunma andO. peninsularis,[3][4] which is not supported by ITIS[5] orWoRMS.[1]
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