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Ptychobarbus
Ptychobarbus is a genus of cyprinid fish that is found in rivers, streams and lakes in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau of China, India, Nepal and Pakistan, extending into the highlands of Afghanistan. They reach up to 2.2 kg (5 lb) in weight and about 65 cm (2.1 ft) in total length. They mostly feed on benthic invertebrates, but will also take planktonic organisms, aquatic plants and algae.
Ptychobarbus has been a part of the schizothoracines (snowtrout and allies), however, Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes classifies this genus in the subfamily Schizopygopsinae.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Ptychobarbus kaznakovi
speciesPtychobarbus kaznakovi
Ptychobarbus conirostris
speciesPtychobarbus conirostris
Ptychobarbus dipogon
speciesPtychobarbus dipogon
Ptychobarbus leptosomus
speciesPtychobarbus leptosomus
Ptychobarbus chungtienensis
speciesPtychobarbus chungtienensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 91571.