Incisilabeo

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Cyprinidae Bangana behri 1.jpg

| image_caption = Male in breeding condition, captive in Siam Ocean World

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rainboth, W. |year=2011 |title=Bangana behri |page=e.T180773A7651418 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T180773A7651418.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| taxon = Incisilabeo behri

| display_parents = 3

| parent_authority = Fowler, 1937

| authority = (Fowler, 1937)

| synonyms =

  • Bangana behri
  • Labeo behri
  • Osteochilus tatumi

| synonyms_ref = {{cite WoRMS |author= Bailly, Nicolas|year= 2023|title= Incisilabeo behri (Fowler, 1937)|id= 1717282|access-date=4 February 2024}}

}}

Incisilabeo is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.{{Cof family|family=Cyprinidae|access-date=21 December 2024}} The only species in the gneus is Incisilabeo behri.{{Cof genus|genus=Incisilabeo|access-date=21 December 2024}}

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: {{lang|la|incisum}} "notch" plus Labeo.{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/labeoninae/ |title = Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE Bleeker 1859 (Labeos) | access-date= 25 April 2024 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 14 March 2024}}

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.

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Category:Fish described in 1937

Category:Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler

Category:Monotypic cyprinid fish genera

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