Biology:Ptychobarbus
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Ptychobarbus | |
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| Ptychobarbus dipogon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Ptychobarbus Steindachner, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Ptychobarbus conirostris Steindachner, 1866
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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.[1] They mostly feed on benthic invertebrates, but will also take planktonic organisms, aquatic plants and algae.[2]
Ptychobarbus is a part of the schizothoracines (snowtrout and allies), which also includes the genera Aspiorhynchus, Chuanchia, Diptychus, Gymnodiptychus, Gymnocypris, Oxygymnocypris, Platypharodon, Schizopyge, Schizopygopsis and Schizothorax.[2]
Species
There are currently four described species in the genus:[1]
- Ptychobarbus chungtienensis (W. H. Tsao, 1964)
- Ptychobarbus conirostris Steindachner, 1866 (Indus snowtrout)
- Ptychobarbus dipogon (Regan, 1905)
- Ptychobarbus kaznakovi A. M. Nikolskii, 1903
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Ptychobarbus in FishBase. May 2019 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Qi, D.; Y. Chao; S. Guo; L. Zhao; T. Li; F. Wei; and X. Zhao (2012). Convergent, Parallel and Correlated Evolution of Trophic Morphologies in the Subfamily Schizothoracinae from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. PLoS ONE 7(3): e34070. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034070
Wikidata ☰ Q1241323 entry
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