Cyprinidae

Giant Bonylipped Barb

Osteochilus melanopleura

Sixty Centimeters Carp of the Mekong Basin

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Asia (unspecified)
• Fusiform
• Large
• Tropical fish

Osteochilus melanopleura is a cyprinid freshwater fish from Southeast Asia. It inhabits rivers, swamps, and marshlands, and is adapted to impounded waters and seasonally flooded habitats. 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.