Osteochilus brachynotopteroides

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Vidthayanon, C. |date=2012 |title=Osteochilus brachynotopteroides |volume=2012 |page=e.T180787A1662838 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180787A1662838.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

| taxon = Osteochilus brachynotopteroides

| authority = Chevey, 1934

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Osteochilus brachynotopteroides is a fresh water fish in the family Cyprinidae from Southeast Asia.{{FishBase |genus=Osteochilus |species=brachynotopteroides|month=November |year=2014}}{{cite web |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp |title=Catalog of Fishes |author=Eschmeyer, W. N. |date=2 June 2015 |publisher=California Academy of Sciences |access-date=25 June 2015}} It occurs in the lower Mekong Basin and is present in Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam; it is expected to occur in Cambodia but has not been found there.

Osteochilus brachynotopteroides grows to {{convert|15|cm|abbr=on}} TL. It is a rare species that seems to prefer hill streams and highland lakes. It is probably present, although not documented, in local subsistence fisheries.

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