Scaly osman

Scaly osman
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Diptychus
Species:	D. maculatus
Binomial name
	Diptychus maculatus; Steindachner, 1866
Synonyms
	Diptychus gymnogaster Kessler, 1879; Ptychobarbus oschanini , 1905Small text; Diptychus pakistanicus Mirza & Awan, 1979;

The scaly osman (Diptychus maculatus) is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish. It is native to Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau of China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, ranging west to the Tien Shan Mountains and Central Asia.^[1]^[2] It is up to 70 cm (2.3 ft) in total length.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Diptychus maculatus" in FishBase. May 2019 version.
^ Li, G.; Y. Tang; R. Zhang; and K. Zhao (2016). Phylogeography of Diptychus maculatus (Cyprinidae) endemic to the northern margin of the QTP and Tien Shan region. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(1). doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0756-3

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Diptychus maculatus" in FishBase. May 2019 version.

[2] Li, G.; Y. Tang; R. Zhang; and K. Zhao (2016). Phylogeography of Diptychus maculatus (Cyprinidae) endemic to the northern margin of the QTP and Tien Shan region. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(1). doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0756-3

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