Nepalese snowtrout

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Nepalese snowtrout
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Schizothorax
Species:
S. macrophthalmus
Binomial name
Schizothorax macrophthalmus
Terashima, 1984 [2]

The Nepalese snowtrout (Schizothorax macrophthalmus) is a cyprinid fish species of the genus Schizothorax . [3] This snowtrout was first collected in 1979 in the alpine fresh water Rara Lake located in Nepal's Rara National Park. [2]

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References

  1. Devi, R.; Boguskaya, N. (2009). "Schizothorax macrophthalmus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009: e.T169622A6656186. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169622A6656186.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Terashima, A. (1984) Three new species of the Cyprinid genus Schizothorax from Lake Rara, Northwestern Nepal Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine . Japanese Journal of Ichthyology Vol. 31, No. 2: 122–135
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Schizothorax macrophthalmus" in FishBase . April 2006 version.