Typová lokalita
Water stream at Chullikkara, Kazargod district, Kerala, India.
Původní popis
Plamoottil, M. & Vineeth, K. 2022. Discovery of a new cyprinid fish, Osteochilichthys formosus, from Kerala, India. Bioscience Research v. 19 (no. 3): 1311-1320.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.