Osteochilus chini
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Osteochilus chini is a species of cyprinid fish in the Labeoninae endemic to Sabah.{{Cite web|title=Osteochilus chini|url=https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Osteochilus-chini.html|access-date=2021-07-03|website=www.fishbase.de|archive-date=2018-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180625213950/https://www.fishbase.de/summary/Osteochilus-chini.html|url-status=live}}
Osteochilus chini, which means bony lip, feed on algae and are common in slow water habitats.
Etymology
Named in honor of Datuk (honorific title) Chin Phui Kong (1923-ca. 2016), Malaysian ichthyologist, who helped collect type in 1956.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes7/ | title = Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily LABEONINAE | access-date = 17 February 2021 | 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 = 22 September 2018 | archive-date = 6 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210506050604/http://etyfish.org/cypriniformes7/ | url-status = live }}
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Category:Taxa named by Jaranthada Karnasuta
Category:Fish described in 1993
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