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Osteochilus chini
Osteochilus chini is a species of cyprinid fish in the Labeoninae endemic to Sabah.
Osteochilus chini, which means bony lip, feed on algae and are common in slow water habitats.
From the article Osteochilus chini on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
Named in honor of Datuk (honorific title) Chin Phui Kong (1923-ca. 2016), Malaysian ichthyologist, who helped collect type in 1956.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 613304.