Schizopyge is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in Pakistan and the northwestern part of India.[1][2][3] Schizopyge is closely related to Schizothorax and some species have historically been moved between the two genera.[4]
Schizopyge | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Schizopyge Heckel, 1847 |
Type species | |
Schizopyge niger (Heckel, 1838)
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Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Schizopyge dainellii (Vinciguerra, 1916)
- Schizopyge niger (Heckel, 1838) (Alghad snowtrout)
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Schizopyge in FishBase. May 2019 version.
- ^ Ashoktaru Barat; Rakesh Matura; Jyoti Sati; Rohit Kumar; Farroz A. Bhat; Chirag Goel; and Prabhati Kumari Sahoo (2013). Development and characterization of microsatellite markers in Schizopyge niger (Family: Cyprinidae, Pisces) from Kashmir Valley. Conservation Genetics Resources 5(3): 831–833.
- ^ Mirza, M.R. (2003). Checklist of freshwater fishes of Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. 3: 1-30.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Schizothorax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2019.