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Cyprinidae
Giant sharkminnow
Osteochilus schlegelii
Forty Centimeters Carp of Indonesian Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
MediumGiant sharkminnow is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and the species reaches a recorded maximum of 40 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Osteochilus
- Maximum length
- 40 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Asia: Thailand to Indonesia.
- Conservation status
- DDData Deficient
Class
Family
Conservation status
