Manipur baril
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Species of fish
| Manipur baril | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Opsarius |
| Species: | O. dogarsinghi
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| Binomial name | |
| Opsarius dogarsinghi (Hora, 1921)[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Barilius dogarsinghi Hora, 1921 | |
Opsarius dogarsinghi is a fish in the genus Opsarius of the family Danionidae. It is found in Manipur, India.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Sardar Dogar Singh, the State Overseer, in Manipur, India, who gave Hora lots of help in the collection of specimens which included the holotype of this one. He also helped arrange survey tours of local areas.[3]
References
- ↑ Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Barilius dogarsinghi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166631A6251159.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/166631/6251159. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Opsarius dogarsinghi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ↑ "Family DANIONIDAE: Bleeker 1863 (Danios)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/danionidae/.
Wikidata ☰ Q3761394 entry
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