Schizothorax zarudnyi

Schizothorax zarudnyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Schizothoracinae
Genus:	Schizothorax
Species:	S. zarudnyi
Binomial name
	Schizothorax zarudnyi; (A. M. Nikolskii, 1897)
Synonyms
	Aspiostoma zarudnyiNikolskii, 1897; Schizopyge zarudny(Nikolskii, 1897); Barbus microlepis Keyserling, 1861; Oreinus anjac Fowler, 1956;

Last updated October 20, 2025

Schizothorax zarudnyi is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish from Iran and Afghanistan,^[1] where restricted to lakes in the Sistan Basin.^[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Nikolai Zarudny (1859-1919), a Ukrainian-Russian explorer and ornithologist, who collected the holotype specimens.^[3]

References

1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schizothorax zarudnyi". FishBase . February 2011 version.
↑ Coad, B.; and J. Hales (2008). Helmand - Sistan. Archived 2017-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamilies ACROSSOCHEILINAE, BARBINAE, SPINIBARBINAE, SCHIZOTHORACINAE, SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE and Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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[FishBase-1] 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schizothorax zarudnyi". FishBase . February 2011 version.

[2] Coad, B.; and J. Hales (2008). Helmand - Sistan. Archived 2017-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamilies ACROSSOCHEILINAE, BARBINAE, SPINIBARBINAE, SCHIZOTHORACINAE, SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE and Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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