Osteobrama_belangeri

<i>Osteobrama belangeri</i>

Osteobrama belangeri

Species of fish

Osteobrama belangeri (Meitei: Pengba[2]) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Osteobrama. It was found in the Indian state of Manipur, but has been extirpated there and as of 2022 is found in the wild only in Myanmar. Farmed populations in Manipur and wild-caught fish from in Myanmar are used as food. The extirpation from Manipur was caused by dam building, habitat degradation and the introduction of alien species which caused the populations to fragment.[1]

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Etymology

The fish is named in honor of botanist and explorer Charles Paulus Bélanger (1805-1881), who collected the type specimen.[3]

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Vishwanath, Waikhom (2010). "Osteobrama belangeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168218A6467894. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168218A6467894.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Sharma, H. Surmangol (2006). "Learners' Manipuri-English dictionary.Pengba". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-26.
  3. [3]
    Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SMILIOGASTRINAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 6 April 2022.


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