Schizopyge niger

Schizopyge niger, the Alghad snowtrout, is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish that lives in cold lakes and nearby channels in the Kashmir region in India and Pakistan.[1][2] It reaches up to about 33 cm (13 in) in standard length.[1]

Schizopyge niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Schizopyge
Species:
S. niger
Binomial name
Schizopyge niger
(Heckel, 1838)
Synonyms
  • Schizothorax niger Heckel, 1838
  • Schizothorax niger (Heckel, 1838)
  • Schizothorax planifrons Heckel, 1838
  • Schizothorax planifrons (Heckel, 1838)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Schizopyge niger" in FishBase. May 2019 version.
  2. 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.


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