Schizopygopsis waddellii

Schizopygopsis waddellii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Schizopygopsinae
Genus:	Schizopygopsis
Species:	S. waddellii
Binomial name
	Schizopygopsis waddellii; (Regan, 1905)
Synonyms
	Gymnocypris gibberis; Gymnocypris hobsonii; Gymnocypris molicorporus; Gymnocypris pingi; Rugogymnocypris tibetanus; Gymnocypris waddellii;

Schizopygopsis waddellii is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to Tibet.

Named in honor of Lieut.-Col. Laurence Austine Waddell, CB (1854-1938), British army surgeon, explorer, philologist, linguist, and chemistry and pathology professor, who preserved the type specimens in salt before presenting them to the British Museum (Natural History).^[3]

References

^ Ng, H.H. (2010). "Gymnocypris waddellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168536A6510373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168536A6510373.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gymnocypris waddellii". FishBase. April 2024 version.
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2 May 2023). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE Mirza 1991 (Mountain Barbels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] Ng, H.H. (2010). "Gymnocypris waddellii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168536A6510373. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168536A6510373.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gymnocypris waddellii". FishBase. April 2024 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (2 May 2023). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE Mirza 1991 (Mountain Barbels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 12 April 2024.

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