Diptychus

Diptychus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Diptychus Steindachner, 1866
Type species
Diptychus maculatus Steindachner, 1866
Species
2, see text.

Diptychus is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of two Asian species. The type species is the scaly osman, Diptychus maculatus. The name is derived from the Greek word di, meaning "two", and the Greek word ptyx, meaning "fold".

Species

• Diptychus maculatus Steindachner, 1866 (Scaly Osman)
• Diptychus sewerzowi Kessler, 1872

References

• "Diptychus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=638882. Retrieved 25 May 2007. 
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Diptychus in FishBase. August 2011 version.