Schizopygopsis
Sign in to saveSchizopygopsis is a genus of cyprinid fish. Most species are endemic to river basins in the Himalayas and Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China, but S. stoliczkai extends into the highlands of Afghanistan, Iran, northern India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Tajikistan.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCyprinidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Collections
- USNM, CAS, NHMUK, ZMUC
- Recorded in
- China, Afghanistan, N/A
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- Parent taxon
- Cyprinidae
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Schizopygopsis is a genus of cyprinid fish. Most species are endemic to river basins in the Himalayas and Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China, but S. stoliczkai extends into the highlands of Afghanistan, Iran, northern India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Tajikistan.
S. younghusbandi is up to almost in total length, but the remaining species generally only reach about two-thirds of that size. Schizopygopsis have a horny sheath on the lower jaw and spoon-shaped teeth that they use to scrape off periphyton and algae from stones, but they will also eat benthic invertebrates.
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