Rara snowtrout

The Rara snowtrout (Schizothorax raraensis), is a cyprinid fish species of the genus Schizothorax.[3] The Rara snowtrout was first collected in 1979 in the alpine fresh water Rara Lake located in Nepal's Rara National Park.[2]

Rara snowtrout
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Barbinae
Genus: Schizothorax
Species:
S. raraensis
Binomial name
Schizothorax raraensis
Terashima, 1984[2]

References

  1. Chen, X.-Y. & Yang, J. (2008). "Schizothorax raraensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 30 November 2012.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Terashima, A. (1984) Three new species of the Cyprinid genus Schizothorax from Lake Rara, Northwestern Nepal. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology Vol. 31, No. 2: 122–135
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Schizothorax raraensis" in FishBase. April 2006 version.


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