Schizopygopsis
| Schizopygopsis | |
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| Schizopygopsis stoliczkai | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Schizopygopsinae |
| Genus: | Schizopygopsis Steindachner, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Schizopygopsis stoliczkai Steindachner, 1866 | |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.[2][3]
S. younghusbandi is up to almost 50 cm (1.6 ft) in total length, but the remaining species generally only reach about two-thirds of that size.[2] 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.[4][5]
Schizopygopsis has been classified as a part of the schizothoracines (snowtrout and allies),[6] however, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes classifies this genus in the subfamily Schizopygopsinae.[1]
Species
These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[7]
- Schizopygopsis anteroventris (Y. F. Wu & C. Z. Wu, 1989)
- Schizopygopsis bangongensis (Y. F. Wu & C. Q. Zhu, 1979)
- Schizopygopsis chengi (P. W. Fang, 1936)
- Schizopygopsis chilianensis (S. C. Li & S. Y. Chang, 1974)
- Schizopygopsis chui (T. L. Tchang, T. H. Yueh & H. C. Hwang, 1964)
- Schizopygopsis dobula (A. Günther, 1868)
- Schizopygopsis eckloni (S. Herzenstein, 1891)
- Schizopygopsis extrema (S. Herzenstein, 1891)
- Schizopygopsis firmispinata (Y. F. Wu &C. Z. Wu, 1988)
- Schizopygopsis himalayensis (W. X. Tsao, 1974)
- Schizopygopsis kessleri (S. Herzenstein, 1891)
- Schizopygopsis kialingensis (W. X. Tsao & C. L. Tun, 1962)
- Schizopygopsis labiosa (S. Herzenstein, 1891)
- Schizopygopsis longimandibularis (Tsao, Chen, Wu & Zhu, 1992)
- Schizopygopsis malacanthus (S. Herzenstein, 1891)
- Schizopygopsis maphamyumensis (Y. F. Wu & C. Q. Zhu, 1979)
- Schizopygopsis microcephala (S. Herzenstein, 1891)
- Schizopygopsis namensis (Y. F. Wu & M. L. Ren, 1982)
- Schizopygopsis pengquensis (Y. T. Tang, C. G. Feng, K. Y. Wanghe, G. G. Li & K. Zhao, 2016)
- Schizopygopsis potanini (S. Herzenstein, 1891)
- Schizopygopsis przewalskii (K. Kessler, 1876)
- Schizopygopsis pylzovi (K. Kessler, 1876)
- Schizopygopsis scleracanthus (Tsao, Wu, Chen & Zhu, 1992)
- Schizopygopsis selincuoensis (Y. F. Chen & W. X. Cao, 2000) (Selincuo naked carp)
- Schizopygopsis sewerzowi Herzenstein, 1891
- Schizopygopsis stoliczkai (Steindachner, 1866) (False osman)
- Schizopygopsis thermalis (S. Herzenstein, 1891)
- Schizopygopsis waddellii (C. T. Regan, 1905)
- Schizopygopsis yalongensis (Zhao K, Liu S, Chen S, Tian F, 2026)
- Schizopygopsis younghusbandi (C. T. Regan, 1905)
References
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Schizopygopsinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Schizopygopsis". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ↑ Delin Qi; Songchang Guo; Yan Chao; Qinghui Kong; Changzhong Li; Mingzhe Xia; Baosheng Xie; and Kai Zhao (2015). "The biogeography and phylogeny of schizothoracine fishes (Schizopygopsis) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau". Zoologica Scripta. 44 (5): 523–533. doi:10.1111/zsc.12116.
- ↑ Tang, Y.; C. Li; K. Wanghe; C. Feng; C. Tong; F. Tian; and K. Zhao (2019). "Convergent evolution misled taxonomy in schizothoracine fishes (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 134: 323–337. Bibcode:2019MolPE.134..323T. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.008. PMID 30641272.
- ↑ Qi, D. (2016). "Fish of the Upper Yellow River". In G.J. Brierley; et al. (eds.). Landscape and Ecosystem Diversity, Dynamics and Management in the Yellow River Source Zone. Springer Geography. Springer Geography. pp. 233–252. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-30475-5_11. ISBN 978-3-319-30473-1.
- ↑ Qi, D.; Y. Chao; S. Guo; L. Zhao; T. Li; F. Wei; and X. Zhao (2012). "Convergent, Parallel and Correlated Evolution of Trophic Morphologies in the Subfamily Schizothoracinae from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau". PLOS ONE. 7 (3) e34070. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...734070Q. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034070. PMC 3314705. PMID 22470515.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Schizopygopsis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 August 2026.