Schizopygopsis

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Schizopygopsis
Schizopygopsis stoliczkai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Schizopygopsinae
Genus: Schizopygopsis
Steindachner, 1866
Type species
Schizopygopsis stoliczkai
Steindachner, 1866
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Chuanchia Herzenstein, 1891
  • Gymnocypris Günther, 1868
  • Herzensteinia Y. T. Chu, 1935
  • Platypharodon Herzenstein, 1891
  • Rugogymnocypris T.-H. Yueh & H.-C. Hwang, 1964

Schizopygopsis is a genus of

Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China, but S. stoliczkai extends into the highlands of Afghanistan, Iran, northern India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Tajikistan.[2][3]

S. younghusbandi is up to almost 50 cm (1.6 ft) in

benthic invertebrates.[4][5]

Schizopygopsis has been classified as a part of the schizothoracines (snowtrout and allies),[6] however, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes classifies this genus in the subfamily Schizopygopsinae.[1]

Species

These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[7]

References