Osteobrama
Encyclopedia
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.
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
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
found in southern Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
consisting of 8 species. The name is derived from the Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
word osteon, meaning "bone", and the Old French word breme, a type of freshwater fish.
Species
- Osteobrama alfredianusOsteobrama alfredianusOsteobrama alfredianus is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Osteobrama....
(ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1844) - Osteobrama bakeriOsteobrama bakeriOsteobrama bakeri is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Osteobrama....
(F. DayFrancis DayFrancis Day CIE was Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and Burma and an ichthyologist.He was born on 2 March 1829 Maresfield, Sussex, UK third son of William and Ann Day. He became the medical officer in the Madras Presidency, East India Company services in 1852.Francis Day was created a...
, 1873) - Osteobrama belangeriOsteobrama belangeriOsteobrama belangeri is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Osteobrama....
(ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1844) - Osteobrama bhimensisOsteobrama bhimensisOsteobrama bhimensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Osteobrama....
D. F. Singh & Yazdani, 1992 - Osteobrama cotioOsteobrama cotioOsteobrama cotio is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Osteobrama. This species has three subspecies named O. cotio cotio, O. cotio cunma and O. cotio peninsularis....
(F. HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, 1822)- Osteobrama cotio cotioOsteobrama cotio cotioOsteobrama cotio cotio is a subspecies of Osteobrama cotio....
(F. HamiltonFrancis Buchanan-HamiltonDr Francis Buchanan, later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist while living in India.The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. is applied to...
, 1822) - Osteobrama cotio cunmaOsteobrama cotio cunmaOsteobrama cotio cunma is a subspecies of Osteobrama cotio....
(F. DayFrancis DayFrancis Day CIE was Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and Burma and an ichthyologist.He was born on 2 March 1829 Maresfield, Sussex, UK third son of William and Ann Day. He became the medical officer in the Madras Presidency, East India Company services in 1852.Francis Day was created a...
, 1888) - Osteobrama cotio peninsularisOsteobrama cotio peninsularisOsteobrama cotio peninsularis is a subspecies of Osteobrama cotio....
Silas, 1952
- Osteobrama cotio cotio
- Osteobrama feaeOsteobrama feaeOsteobrama feae is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Osteobrama....
Vinciguerra, 1890 - Osteobrama neilliOsteobrama neilliOsteobrama neilli is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Osteobrama....
(F. DayFrancis DayFrancis Day CIE was Inspector-General of Fisheries in India and Burma and an ichthyologist.He was born on 2 March 1829 Maresfield, Sussex, UK third son of William and Ann Day. He became the medical officer in the Madras Presidency, East India Company services in 1852.Francis Day was created a...
, 1873) - Osteobrama vigorsiiOsteobrama vigorsiiOsteobrama vigorsii is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Osteobrama....
(SykesWilliam Henry SykesColonel William Henry Sykes, FRS was an Indian Army officer, politician and ornithologist.Sykes was born near Bradford in Yorkshire, and joined the Bombay Army, a part of the armed forces of the Honourable East India Company, in 1804, returning to Britain in 1837...
, 1839)