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Cyprinidae
Bonylip barb
Osteochilus vittatus
Fish Reaching Thirty Two Centimeters in Asian Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Fusiform
MediumOsteochilus vittatus is a species of cyprinid fish from Southeast Asia. Its common name is bonylip barb,Hasselt's bony-lipped barb, hard-lipped barb, or silver sharkminnow.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Osteochilus
- Maximum length
- 32 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Asia: Mekong and Chao Phraya basins, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo (Ref. 27732 ). Reported from Salween and Maeklong basins (Ref. 26336 ); China (Ref. 9671 ); and lower Myanmar (Ref. 4832 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
