Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cyprinoidei
Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Schizopygopsinae
Genus: Ptychobarbus
Species (4): P. chungtienensis – P. conirostris – P. dipogon – P. kaznakovi
Name
Ptychobarbus Steindachner, 1866: 789
Type species: Ptychobarbus conirostris Steindachner, 1866, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Steindachner, F. 1866. Ichthyologische Mittheilungen. (IX.) [with subtitles I-VI.]. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 761–796, pls. 13-18.
Ptychobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in rivers, streams and lakes in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau of China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, extending into the highlands of Afghanistan. They reach up to 2.2 kg (5 lb) in weight and about 65 cm (2.1 ft) in total length.[1] They mostly feed on benthic invertebrates, but will also take planktonic organisms, aquatic plants and algae.[2]
Ptychobarbus is a part of the schizothoracines (snowtrout and allies), which also includes the genera Aspiorhynchus, Chuanchia, Diptychus, Gymnodiptychus, Gymnocypris, Oxygymnocypris, Platypharodon, Schizopyge, Schizopygopsis and Schizothorax.[2]
Species
There are currently four described species in the genus:[1]
Ptychobarbus chungtienensis (W. H. Tsao, 1964)
Ptychobarbus conirostris Steindachner, 1866 (Indus snowtrout)
Ptychobarbus dipogon (Regan, 1905)
Ptychobarbus kaznakovi A. M. Nikolskii, 1903
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ptychobarbus". FishBase. May 2019 version.
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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034070
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