Schizothorax zarudnyi

Schizothorax zarudnyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Schizothoracinae
Genus: Schizothorax
Species:
S. zarudnyi
Binomial name
Schizothorax zarudnyi
Synonyms
  • Aspiostoma zarudnyi Nikolskii, 1897
  • Schizopyge zarudny (Nikolskii, 1897)
  • Barbus microlepis Keyserling, 1861
  • Oreinus anjac Fowler, 1956

Schizothorax zarudnyi is a species of cyprinid freshwater fish from Iran and Afghanistan,[1] where restricted to lakes in the Sistan Basin.[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Nikolai Zarudny (1859-1919), a Ukrainian-Russian explorer and ornithologist, who collected the holotype specimens.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schizothorax zarudnyi". FishBase. February 2011 version.
  2. ^ Coad, B.; and J. Hales (2008). Helmand - Sistan. Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamilies ACROSSOCHEILINAE, BARBINAE, SPINIBARBINAE, SCHIZOTHORACINAE, SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE and Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
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