Osteochilus lini Fowler, 1935
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
Osteochilus lini is a freshwater fish from Southeast Asia. It is found in the lower Mekong River basin, the Chao Phraya River basin, and some coastal drainages; it occurs in Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. Its common name is dusky face carp.
Osteochilus lini grows to 15 cm (5.9 in) SL. It inhabits marshlands and swamps, but also uses streams and river as passage routes, and can move into flooded forests and fields. It is locally common in the Mekong basin and captured as a foodfish, together with the very common Osteochilus vittatus.
Named in honor of ichthyologist Lin Shu-Yen (1903–1974).
Wikipedia contributors, Osteochilus lini; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:27:15.221518+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Osteochilus lini Fowler, 1935
- Name authority
- Fowler, 1935
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Osteochilus
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCyprinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- subfamilyLabeoninae Bleeker, 1859
- genusOsteochilus Günther, 1868
- speciesOsteochilus lini Fowler, 1935
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Osteochilus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Osteochilus spilurus (Bleeker, 1851) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus harrisoni Fowler, 1905 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus scapularis Fowler, 1939 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1851) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus striatus Kottelat, 1998 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus vittatoides Popta, 1904 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus melanopleura (Bleeker, 1852) | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus sarawakensis Karnasuta, 1993 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus sondhii Hora & Mukerji, 1934 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus partilineatus Kottelat, 1995 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus repang Popta, 1904 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Osteochilus bleekeri Kottelat, 2008 | CyprinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Fowler, H. W. (1935). Zoological results of the third De Schauensee Siamese Expedition, Part VI.--Fishes obtained in 1934. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 87: 89–163. 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:6TBBR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.