The scaly osman (''Diptychus maculatus'') is a species of
cyprinid freshwater fish. It is native to
Himalaya and the
Tibetan Plateau of
China
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,
India,
Nepal and
Pakistan, ranging west to the
Tien Shan Mountains and
Central Asia.
[Li, G.; Y. Tang; R. Zhang; and K. Zhao (2016). Phylogeography of Diptychus maculatus (Cyprinidae) endemic to the northern margin of the QTP and Tien Shan region. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16(1). ] It is up to in total length.
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References
Diptychus
Fish described in 1866
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