Schizopyge niger

Schizopyge niger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Barbinae
Genus:	Schizopyge
Species:	S. niger
Binomial name
	Schizopyge niger; (Heckel, 1838)
Synonyms
	Schizothorax niger Heckel, 1838; Schizothorax niger (Heckel, 1838); Schizothorax planifrons Heckel, 1838; Schizothorax planifrons (Heckel, 1838);

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

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Schizopyge niger" 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.

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[FishBase-1] Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Schizopyge niger" in FishBase. May 2019 version.

[2] 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.