Ospatulus
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Ospatulus is a genus of cyprinid
fish endemic to the Philippines
. It currently contains two species, though the validity of the genus has been questioned.
Cyprinid
The family Cyprinidae, from the Ancient Greek kyprînos , consists of the carps, the true minnows, and their relatives . Commonly called the carp family or the minnow family, its members are also known as cyprinids...
fish endemic to the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It currently contains two species, though the validity of the genus has been questioned.
Species
- Ospatulus palaemophagusOspatulus palaemophagusOspatulus palaemophagus is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family.It is found only in the Philippines.- Source :* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1924 - Ospatulus truncatus HerreAlbert William HerreAlbert William Christian Theodore Herre was an American ichthyologist and lichenologist.Herre was born in 1868 in Toledo, Ohio....
, 1924 (Bitungu)