Osteochilus chini is a species of cyprinid fish in the Labeoninae endemic to Sabah.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Osteochilus |
| Species: | O. chini
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| Binomial name | |
| Osteochilus chini Karnasuta, 1993
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Osteochilus chini, which means bony lip, feed on algae and are common in slow water habitats.[1]
Etymology edit
Named in honor of Datuk (honorific title) Chin Phui Kong (1923-ca. 2016), Malaysian ichthyologist, who helped collect type in 1956.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Osteochilus chini". www.fishbase.de. Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
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