Osteobrama is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia consisting of eight species. The name is derived from the Greek word osteon, meaning "bone", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish.
Osteobrama | |
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Osteobrama alfredianus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Genus: | Osteobrama Heckel, 1843 |
Type species | |
Cyprinus cotio Hamilton, 1822
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Species | |
10, see text. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Smiliogaster Bleeker, 1860 |
There are 10 valid species in the genus:[2][3]
Fishbase formerly regarded O. bhimensis as a synonym of O. vigorsii, and also treats the former subspecies of O. cotio as distinct species: O. cunma and O. peninsularis,[5][6] which is not supported by ITIS[7] or WoRMS.[1]