Schizopyge

Life-forms

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: Schizothoracinae
Genus: Schizopyge
Species: S. dainellii – S. niger
Name

Schizopyge Heckel, 1847

Type species: Schizothorax curvifrons Heckel, 1838

Synonyms

Schizothorax (Schizopyge) Heckel, 1847

References

Heckel, J.J. 1847. Naturhistorischer Anhang. [Various subtitles.]. In: Russegger, J. von: Reisen in Europa, Asien und Africa, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhältnisse der betreffenden Länder unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart 2(3): 207–357. Reference page.

Schizopyge is a genus of cyprinid freshwater fish found in Pakistan and the northwestern part of India.[1][2][3] Schizopyge is closely related to Schizothorax and some species have historically been moved between the two genera.[4]
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Schizopyge dainellii (Vinciguerra, 1916)
Schizopyge niger (Heckel, 1838) (Alghad snowtrout)

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Schizopyge in 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.
Mirza, M.R. (2003). Checklist of freshwater fishes of Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. 3: 1-30.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Schizothorax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2019.