Eirmotus octozona

Eirmotus octozona is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish beloning to the family Cyprinidae, a diverse family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.^[2] This species is thought to be found in southern Peninsular Malaysia but its range is uncertain as it is only known from the aquarium trade.^[1] It was first formally described in 1959 by the American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz with its type locality given as Bueng Boraphet in central Thailand.^[2] This is likely to be an error as there is no suitable habitat, peat swamp, for Eirmotus species at this location and it has not been recorded there since.^[1] Like other species in the genus Eirmotus, of which this is the type species,^[3] this species is a small fish with a maximum published standard length of 3.6 cm (1.4 in).^[4]

Eirmotus octozona
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Eirmotus
Species:	E. octozona
Binomial name
Eirmotus octozona Schultz, 1959