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Osteobrama 
Cyprinus alfredianus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cypriniformes Family: Cyprinidae Genus: Osteobrama
Heckel, 1843Type species Cyprinus cotio
Hamilton, 1822Species 8, see text.
Osteobrama is a genus of cyprinid fish found in southern Asia consisting of 8 species. The name is derived from the Greek word osteon, meaning "bone", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish.
Species
- Osteobrama alfredianus (Valenciennes, 1844)
- Osteobrama bakeri (F. Day, 1873)
- Osteobrama belangeri (Valenciennes, 1844)
- Osteobrama bhimensis D. F. Singh & Yazdani, 1992
- Osteobrama cotio (F. Hamilton, 1822)
- Osteobrama cotio cotio (F. Hamilton, 1822)
- Osteobrama cotio cunma (F. Day, 1888)
- Osteobrama cotio peninsularis Silas, 1952
- Osteobrama feae Vinciguerra, 1890
- Osteobrama neilli (F. Day, 1873)
- Osteobrama vigorsii (Sykes, 1839)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Osteobrama in FishBase. August 2011 version.
- "Osteobrama". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=687570. Retrieved 1 June 2007.
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