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Species in the genus Oxygaster: [ 3 ] records


anomalura, Oxygaster van Hasselt [J. C.] 1823:133 [Algemeene Konst- en Letter-bode voor het Jaar II Deel (no. 35); ref. 5963] Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH (apparently lost). Type information: Roberts 1993:20 [ref. 21799]. Regarded as available, brief description in combination with genus -- (see Alfred 1961:86 [ref. 20553], Kottelat 1987:372 [ref. 5962]). Also in van Hasselt 1824:377 [ref. 5964]. •Not regarded as available; in the synonymy of Oxygaster oxygaster (Valenciennes 1844) -- (Roberts 1989:55 [ref. 6439]). •Valid as Oxygaster anomalura van Hasselt 1823 -- (Bănărescu 1969:192 [ref. 7797], Bănărescu 1971:19 [ref. 20612], Roberts 1993:20 [ref. 21799], Kottelat et al. 1993:41 [ref. 23448], Kottelat & Lim 1996:232 [ref. 23210], Rainboth 1996:68 [ref. 22772], Doi 1997:9 [ref. 22832], Ng & Tan 1999:354 [ref. 24159], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:152 [ref. 28284], Parenti & Lim 2005:183 [ref. 28285], Tang et al. 2013:33 [ref. 32559], Sulaiman et al. 2018:29 [ref. 35802], Ng et al. 2019:528 [ref. 36606], Ahmad et al. 2023:92 [ref. 41243]). Current status: Valid as Oxygaster anomalura van Hasselt 1823. Xenocyprididae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Cambodia, southern Thailand, Malaya (Malaysia), Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia). IUCN (2012): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

argentea, Chela Day [F.] 1867:301 [21] [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867 (pt 2) (art. 5); ref. 14043] Bowany River, India. Lectotype: BMNH 1867.7.24.44. Paralectotypes: AMS B.7881 (1); BMNH 1867.7.24.45-47 (3); FMNH 2348 (2); NMW 52116 (2); RMNH [?2670] 8750 (1); ZIN 8262 (2); ZSI F2545 (1), F2627 (1), A.917 (1), A.918 (1). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:155 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:294 [ref. 25110]. On p. 21 of separate. Lectotype selected by Bănărescu 1971:16 [ref. 20612]. •Valid as Chela argentea Day 1867 -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:79 [ref. 24860]). •Synonym of Salmostoma acinaces (Valenciennes 1844) -- (Bănărescu 1971:16 [ref. 20612], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:321 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:24 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:96 [ref. 31338]). •Valid as Oxygaster argentea (Day 1867) -- (Karmakar 2000:27 [ref. 25662]). Current status: Valid as Oxygaster argentea (Day 1867). Xenocyprididae. Distribution: India. Habitat: freshwater.

oxygaster, Cyprinus Valenciennes [A.] in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844:349 [Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 17; ref. 1010] Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): RMNH (not found). Type information: Roberts 1993:20 [ref. 21799]. •Valid as Oxygaster oxygaster (Valenciennes 1844) -- (Roberts 1989:56 [ref. 6439]). •Synonym of Oxygaster anomalura van Hasselt 1823 -- (Roberts 1993:20 [ref. 21799]). Current status: Synonym of Oxygaster anomalura van Hasselt 1823. Xenocyprididae. Habitat: freshwater.


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