Incisilabeo behri
| Incisilabeo behri | |
|---|---|
| |
| Male in breeding condition, captive in Siam Ocean World | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Labeoninae |
| Genus: | Incisilabeo Fowler, 1937 |
| Species: | I. behri
|
| Binomial name | |
| Incisilabeo behri (Fowler, 1937)
| |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |
Incisilabeo behri is a species of cyprinid fish endemic the Mekong basin in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, and China.[3] It was formerly categorized in the genus Bangana.
Males develop a distinctive nuchal hump with pearl organs during the breeding season. This sexual ornament is uniquely divided in two by a notch at the level of the eyes, from which the generic name Incisilabeo is derived: incisum "notch" plus Labeo.[4]
The specific name honours Otto Behr (1861–1934), an amateur naturalist and ornithologist from Lopez, Pennsylvania who provided wildlife specimens from Thailand that Fowler worked on during his employment at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Rainboth, W. (2011). "Bangana behri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T180773A7651418. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180773A7651418.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2023). "Incisilabeo behri (Fowler, 1937)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Incisilabeo behri". FishBase. April 2024 version.
- ^ a b Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
 | This Labeoninae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |