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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae Minnows or carps
Subfamily: Labeoninae
Genus: Osteochilus

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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Osteochilus bellus Asia 8.5 SL 1904
Osteochilus bleekeri Asia 11.4 SL 2008
Osteochilus borneensis Asia 28.2 SL 1856
Osteochilus brachynotopteroides Asia 15 TL 1934
Osteochilus chini Asia 18 SL 1993
Osteochilus enneaporos Asia 23 SL 1852
Osteochilus flavicauda Asia 9.6 SL 2009
Osteochilus harrisoni Asia 22.5 SL 1905
Osteochilus ingeri Asia 11 SL 1993
Osteochilus intermedius Asia 15.5 SL 1916
Osteochilus jeruk Asia 27 TL 1998
Osteochilus kahajanensis Asia 22 SL 1856
Osteochilus kappenii Asia 17.5 SL 1856
Osteochilus kelabau Asia 20 SL 1904
Osteochilus kerinciensis Asia 2009
Osteochilus kuekenthali Asia 7.3 SL 1922
Osteochilus lini Asia 15 SL 1935
Osteochilus longidorsalis Asia 1994
Osteochilus melanopleura Asia 60 SL 1852
Osteochilus microcephalus Asia 24 SL 1842
Osteochilus nashii Nash's barb Asia 18 TL 1869
Osteochilus partilineatus Asia 5.4 SL 1995
Osteochilus pentalineatus Asia 5.6 SL 1982
Osteochilus repang Asia 19.2 SL 1904
Osteochilus salsburyi Asia 20.1 TL 1927
Osteochilus sarawakensis Asia 1993
Osteochilus scapularis Asia 18.4 SL 1939
Osteochilus schlegelii Giant sharkminnow Asia 40 SL 1851
Osteochilus serokan Asia 9.6 SL 1998
Osteochilus sondhii Asia 15 TL 1934
Osteochilus spilurus Asia 10.2 SL 1851
Osteochilus striatus Asia 8.2 SL 1998
Osteochilus vittatoides Asia 11.9 SL 1904
Osteochilus vittatus Bonylip barb Asia 32 SL 1842
Osteochilus waandersii Asia 27.6 TL 1853



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013