Scaly osman
StatusLC
Status systemIUCN3.1
TaxonDiptychus maculatus
Display parents3
AuthoritySteindachner, 1866
Synonyms
  • Diptychus gymnogaster Kessler, 1879
  • Ptychobarbus oschanini Berg, 1905
  • Diptychus pakistanicus Mirza & Awan, 1979

The scaly osman (Diptychus maculatus) is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish. It is native to Himalaya and the Tibetan Plateau of China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, ranging west to the Tien Shan Mountains and Central Asia.[1][2] It is up to 70 cm (2 ft 4 in) in total length.[1]

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  2. ^ Li, G.; Y. Tang; R. Zhang; 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): 186. Bibcode:2016BMCEE..16..186L. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0756-3. PMC 5017051. PMID 27613240