Blunt-nosed snowtrout

Blunt-nosed snowtrout
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Cyprinidae
Subfamily:Barbinae
Genus:Schizothorax
Species: S. molesworthi
Binomial name
Schizothorax molesworthi
(B. L. Chaudhuri, 1913)[2]
Synonyms
  • Oreinus molesworthi Chaudhuri, 1913

The blunt-nosed snowtrout (Schizothorax molesworthi) is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizothorax from the Brahmaputra River drainage in India and China, where its is heavily exploited for food.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Chen, X.-Y. & Yang, J. (2008). "Schizothorax molesworthi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schizothorax molesworthi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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