| Schizopygopsis eckloni | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Schizopygopsinae |
| Genus: | Schizopygopsis |
| Species: | S. eckloni |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizopygopsis eckloni (Herzenstein, 1891) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Schizopygopsis eckloni is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cyprinidae, the family which also includes the carps, barbs, minnowns and related fishes. This fish is endemic to China where it occurs in the upper Yellow River drainage, from Qinghai to Gansu and parts of Sichuan. This species has maximum published standard length of 39.5 cm (15.6 in).
Named in honor of F. L. Ecklon, one of Nikolai Przhevalsky's assistants during his second trip to Tibet, whose services Przhevalsky said were "invaluable".
References
- ^ Zhang, E. (2024). "Schizopygopsis eckloni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T212784071A212784073. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Schizopygopsis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schizopygopsis eckloni". FishBase. October 2024 version.
- Christopher Scharpf (24 June 2024). "Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE Mirza 1991 (Mountain Barbels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Gymnocypris eckloni | |
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