Oreichthys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Smiliogastrinae
Genus Oreichthys
Species: O. andrewi – O. coorgensis – O. cosuatis – O. crenuchoides – O. duospilus – O. incognito – O. parvus

Name

Oreichthys Smith, 1933

Type species: Oreichthys parvus Smith, 1933

Etymology: From oreas (= of the mountains), referring to “free-swimming existence” of O. parvus in mountain streams; ichthys (= fish). (From The ETYFish Project)

References

• Smith, H.M. 1933. Contributions to the ichthyology of Siam. II–VI. Journal of the Siam Society, Natural History, Supplement 9(1): 53–87, Pls. 1–3. Reference page. 

Links

• Oreichthys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Oreichthys species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.