Schizopygopsis stoliczkai Steindachner, 1866

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Schizopygopsis stoliczkai Steindachner, 1866 – Native

Schizopygopsis stolickai Steindachner [F.] 1866: 786; Type locality: Hanle (eastern province Ladak [Ladakh]) in a stream near Hanle monastery, Kashmir, India, elevation 15,200 feet. Syntypes: (several) NMW 9255–56 (1, 1), 51472–73 (9, 2).

Schizopygopsis sewerzowi Herzenstein [S. M.] 1891: 196; Type locality: Lake Bulun Kul and Karasu River, Amu Darya River basin, Pamir mountains, central Asia. Syntypes: ZIN 8747–49 (2, 2, 2), 8800–01 (1, 2).

Gymnocypris biswasi Talwar [P. K.] 1977: 501; Type locality: Chushul, Ladakh, northern India. Holotype: ZSI FF1064. Paratypes: ZSI FF1065–66 (1, 9).

Common name: Pr: Kapur-e barfi, En: False Osman.

Diagnosis: Body scaleless but there are a row of enlarged scale between pelvic fin origins to anal fin base which sheath anal fin base, 5 branched rays, barbels are absent and pharyngeal teeth are in 2 rows.

Meristic characters: D: II–III 7–8 (7), A: II–III (III) 5–7 (6), P: 11–14, V: 6–8 (7), GR: 6–16 (9–13), LL: 29–40, TV: 31–38.

Distribution: Sistan basin ( Fig. 160). Reported from Hirmand River. Its distribution in Iran needs confirmation.

Taxonomy: Rafique (2000) placed in Schizopygopsis .

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Data Deficient. This species is distributed in Tibet, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In Iran we have not found any reliable report of it and we have not seen any single sample in more than ten years of field work. There is few available information about the distribution and the conservation status of the populations in the other countries also. Hence, we believe the available data is not enough to objectively assess this species conservation status.