''Osteochilus kerinciensis'' is a species 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 ...
fish.
[ It is ]endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
(Indonesia).[ It is known from the upper reaches of the ]Batang Hari River
The Batang Hari (Indonesian: ''Sungai Batanghari'') is the longest river in Jambi province, Sumatra island, Indonesia, about northwest of the capital Jakarta.
Hydrology
The river originates in the Minangkabau Highlands, home of the Minangkaba ...
basin, including upstream tributaries and highland lakes.[ The specific name ''kerinciensis'' refers to its type locality, ]Lake Kerinci
Lake Kerinci () is a lake in Jambi, Indonesia. It is located at .
The cyprinid fish '' Osteochilus kerinciensis'' is named after Lake Kerinci, its type locality.
See also
* List of lakes of Indonesia
This is a list of the notable lakes of I ...
.standard length
Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of their anatomies. These data are used in many areas of ichthyology, including taxonomy and fisheries biology.
Overall length
* Standard length (SL) is the length of a fish m ...
.
References
Further reading
*Kottelat, Maurice, and Tan Heok Hui. "Osteochilus flavicauda, a new species of fish from the Malay Peninsula (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)." Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 20.1 (2009): 1.
*Murni, Mida Yulia, and Dewi Imelda Roesma. "Inventarisasi Jenis-Jenis Ikan Cyprinidae di Sungai Batang Nareh, Kabupaten Padang Pariaman." Jurnal Biologi Universitas Andalas 3.4 (2014).
Osteochilus
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Freshwater fish of Sumatra
Endemic fauna of Sumatra
Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat
Taxa named by Heok Hui Tan
Fish described in 2009
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