Schizothorax nepalensis

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Schizothorax nepalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Schizothorax
Species: S. nepalensis
Binomial name
Schizothorax nepalensis
Terashima, 1984[1]

Schizothorax nepalensis is a cyprinid fish species of the genus Schizothorax.[2] The Nepalese snowtrout was first collected in 1979 in the alpine fresh water Rara Lake located in Nepal's Rara National Park.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Terashima, A. (1984) Three new species of the Cyprinid genus Schizothorax from Lake Rara, Northwestern Nepal. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology Vol. 31, No. 2: 122–135
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schizothorax macrophthalmus" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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