Schizopyge niger
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cyprinidae |
Subfamily: | Barbinae |
Genus: | Schizopyge |
Species: | S. niger
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Binomial name | |
Schizopyge niger (Heckel, 1838)
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schizopyge niger". 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.