Schizothoracinae

Schizothorax sp. at Pithoragarh, India

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Cyprinidae
Subfamilia: Schizothoracinae
Genera: Aspiorhynchus – Percocypris – Racoma – Schizopyge – Schizothoraichthys – Schizothorax

Name

Schizothoracinae McClelland, 1842

• Type genus: Schizothorax Heckel, 1838

References

• McClelland, J. 1842. On the fresh-water fishes collected by William Griffith, Esq., F. L. S. Madras Medical Service, during his travels under the orders of the Supreme Government of India, from 1835 to 1842. Calcutta Journal of Natural History 2 (8): 560–589, Pls. 6, 15, 18, 21. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Chen, Z., Zhou, C. & Kong, X. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Schizothoracinae (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 64 [2016]: 6–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2015.11.004 . Reference page. 

Links

• Schizothoracinae species list in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Schizothoracinae – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Genera of Schizothoracinae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

français: Schizothoracinés, schizothoracinés
中文: 裂腹鱼亚科