Ptychobarbus
| Ptychobarbus | |
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| Ptychobarbus dipogon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Ptychobarbus Steindachner, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Ptychobarbus conirostris Steindachner, 1866
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Ptychobarbus is a genus of
benthic invertebrates, but will also take planktonic organisms, aquatic plants and algae.[2]
Ptychobarbus is a part of the schizothoracines (snowtrout and allies), which also includes the genera
Species
There are currently four described species in the genus:[1]
- Ptychobarbus chungtienensis (W. H. Tsao, 1964)
- Ptychobarbus conirostris Steindachner, 1866 (Indus snowtrout)
- Ptychobarbus dipogon (Regan, 1905)
- A. M. Nikolskii, 1903
References
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Ptychobarbus in FishBase. May 2019 version.
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