Giant sharkminnow

The giant sharkminnow (Osteochilus schlegelii) a species of cyprinid fish found in southeast Asia.^[2]

Giant sharkminnow
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Labeoninae
Genus:	Osteochilus
Species:	O. schlegelii
Binomial name
Osteochilus schlegelii (Bleeker, 1851)
Synonyms
Osteochilus schlegeli Rohita schlegelii

The name honors Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) who was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist.