Giant sharkminnow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
Genus: | Osteochilus |
Species: | O. schlegelii
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Binomial name | |
Osteochilus schlegelii (
Bleeker, 1851)
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The giant sharkminnow (Osteochilus schlegelii) a species of cyprinid fish found in southeast Asia. [2]
The name honors Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) who was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist.