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Schizopygopsis
Schizopygopsis is a genus of cyprinid fish. Most species are endemic to river basins in the Himalayas and Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China, but S. stoliczkai extends into the highlands of Afghanistan, Iran, northern India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Tajikistan.
S. younghusbandi is up to almost 50 cm (1.6 ft) in total length, but the remaining species generally only reach about two-thirds of that size. Schizopygopsis have a horny sheath on the lower jaw and spoon-shaped teeth that they use to scrape off periphyton and algae from stones, but they will also eat benthic invertebrates.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Przewalskii's Naked Carp
speciesSchizopygopsis przewalskii
Schizopygopsis kialingensis
speciesSchizopygopsis kialingensis
Schizopygopsis younghusbandi
speciesSchizopygopsis younghusbandi
Schizopygopsis malacanthus
speciesSchizopygopsis malacanthus
Schizopygopsis stolickai
speciesSchizopygopsis stolickai
Schizopygopsis pylzovi
speciesSchizopygopsis pylzovi
Schizopygopsis waddellii
speciesSchizopygopsis waddellii
Schizopygopsis selincuoensis
speciesSchizopygopsis selincuoensis
Schizopygopsis namensis
speciesSchizopygopsis namensis
Schizopygopsis anteroventris
speciesSchizopygopsis anteroventris
Schizopygopsis thermalis
speciesSchizopygopsis thermalis
Schizopygopsis kessleri
speciesSchizopygopsis kessleri
Schizopygopsis maphamyumensis
speciesSchizopygopsis maphamyumensis
Schizopygopsis bangongensis
speciesSchizopygopsis bangongensis
Schizopygopsis pengquensis
speciesSchizopygopsis pengquensis
Schizopygopsis himalayensis
speciesSchizopygopsis himalayensis
Schizopygopsis longimandibularis
speciesSchizopygopsis longimandibularis
Schizopygopsis labiosa
speciesSchizopygopsis labiosa
Schizopygopsis extrema
speciesSchizopygopsis extrema
Schizopygopsis microcephala
speciesSchizopygopsis microcephala
Schizopygopsis firmispinata
speciesSchizopygopsis firmispinata
Schizopygopsis chilianensis
speciesSchizopygopsis chilianensis
Schizopygopsis eckloni
speciesSchizopygopsis eckloni
Schizopygopsis chengi
speciesSchizopygopsis chengi
Schizopygopsis chui
speciesSchizopygopsis chui
Schizopygopsis dobula
speciesSchizopygopsis dobula
Schizopygopsis potanini
speciesSchizopygopsis potanini
Schizopygopsis scleracanthus
speciesSchizopygopsis scleracanthus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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