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Checker barb
| Checker barb | |
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| Checker barb in an aquarium | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Smiliogastrinae |
| Genus: | Oliotius Kottelat, 2013 |
| Species: | O. oligolepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oliotius oligolepis (Bleeker, 1853)
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The checker barb (Oliotius oligolepis)[2] is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to creeks, rivers, and lakes in Sumatra, Indonesia. It has also been established in the wild in Colombia. The adult males have red fins with black tips. It will grow up to a length of 5 centimetres (2.0 in) TL.[3] This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]
- ^ Lumbantobing, D. (2021). "Oliotius oligolepis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T91063698A91063711. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T91063698A91063711.en. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
- ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2013). "The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 2013 (Supplement No. 27). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2013.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oliotius oligolepis". FishBase. October 2013 version.
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