''Osteochilus'' is a genus of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

fishes mainly found in

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

with a few extending into adjacent parts of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Additionally, two species ('' O. longidorsalis'' and '' O. nashii'') are endemic to the Western Ghats in India.

Species

There are currently 35 recognized species in this genus:

References

Taxa named by Albert Günther Cyprinid fish of Asia Cyprinidae genera {{Labeoninae-stub