Schizothorax lepidothorax

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Schizothorax lepidothorax
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Schizothorax
Species:
S. lepidothorax
Binomial name
Schizothorax lepidothorax
J. X. Yang, 1991

Schizothorax lepidothorax is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. The species is only known from Fuxian Lake in Yunnan. [2]

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References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Schizothorax lepidothorax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996: e.T19993A9129962. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19993A9129962.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schizothorax lepidothorax" in FishBase . April 2006 version.