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Oreichthys
Sign in to saveOreichthys is a genus of tropical barbs found in Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), northern Malay Peninsula, and the Mekong basin in Laos. They are found in ditches, ponds, streams (both highland and lowland) and canals. The genus Oreichthys (Smith 1933) was originally established to receive little fish collected in a small brook on Kao Sabap, an extensive mountain range near Chantaburi, Thailand.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- USNM, UA, CAS, NRM
- Recorded in
- Thailand, Myanmar, India
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- Cyprinidae
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Oreichthys is a genus of tropical barbs found in Thailand, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), northern Malay Peninsula, and the Mekong basin in Laos. They are found in ditches, ponds, streams (both highland and lowland) and canals. The genus Oreichthys (Smith 1933) was originally established to receive little fish collected in a small brook on Kao Sabap, an extensive mountain range near Chantaburi, Thailand.
==Species== These are the currently recognized species in this genus: Oreichthys andrewi Knight, 2014 Oreichthys coorgensis (Jayaram, 1982) Oreichthys cosuatis (Hamilton, 1822) Oreichthys crenuchoides Schäfer, 2009 Oreichthys duospilus Knight & Kumar, 2015 Oreichthys elianae Oreichthys incognito Knight & Kumar, 2015 Oreichthys parvus H. M. Smith, 1933 Oreichthys warjaintia Dann, Dahanukar & Raghavan, 2024
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