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Onychostoma rarum (Lin, 1933)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Onychostoma rarum (Lin, 1933)
Name authority
(Lin, 1933)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Cypriniformes
Family
Cyprinidae
Genus
Onychostoma
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
  12. genusOnychostoma Günther, 1896
  13. speciesOnychostoma rarum (Lin, 1933)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Onychostoma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Onychostoma alticorpus (Oshima, 1920)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma breve (Wu & Chen, 1977)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma daduense Ding, 1994CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma dongnaiense Hoang, Pham & Tran, 2015CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma elongatum (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1934)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma fusiforme Kottelat, 1998CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma gerlachi (Peters, 1881)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma krongnoense Hoang, Pham & Tran, 2015CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma lini (Wu, 1939)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma meridionale Kottelat, 1998CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma simum (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Onychostoma uniforme (Mai, 1978)CyprinidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Onychostoma rara (Lin, 1933) (Lin, 1933)synonym
Varicorhinus rarus Lin, 1933 Lin, 1933synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1015626 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:49RHY. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.