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Diptychus
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Diptychus

Diptychus is a genus of cyprinid fish, consisting of two Asian species. The type species is the scaly osman, Diptychus maculatus. The name is derived from the Greek word di, meaning "two", and the Greek word ptyx, meaning "fold".

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Diptychus maculatus

speciesDiptychus maculatus

Diptychus sewerzowi

speciesDiptychus sewerzowi

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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 87978.