Schizopygopsis
Introduction '''''Schizopygopsis''''' is a genus of cyprinid fish. Most species are endemic to river basins in the Himalayas and Qinghai–Tibet Plateau of China, but ''S. stoliczkai'' extends into the highlands of Afghanistan, Iran, northern India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Tajikistan.''S. younghusbandi'' is up to almost  in total length, but the remaining species generally only reach about two-thirds of that size. Similar to ''Platypharodon'', ''Schizopygopsis'' have a horny sheath on the lower jaw and spoon-shaped teeth that they use to scrape off periphyton and algae from stones, but they will also eat benthic invertebrates. ''Schizopygopsis'' is a part of the schizothoracines (snowtrout and allies), which also includes the genera ''Aspiorhynchus'', ''Chuanchia'', ''Diptychus'', ''Gymnodiptychus'', ''Gymnocypris'', ''Oxygymnocypris'', ''Platypharodon'', ''Ptychobarbus'', ''Schizopyge'' and ''Schizothorax''.
Species There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:* ''Schizopygopsis anteroventris'' Wu & Tsao, 1989* ''Schizopygopsis kessleri'' Herzenstein, 1891* ''Schizopygopsis kialingensis'' W. X. Tsao & C. L. Tun, 1962* ''Schizopygopsis malacanthus'' Herzenstein, 1891* ''Schizopygopsis pylzovi'' Kessler, 1876* ''Schizopygopsis stoliczkai'' Steindachner, 1866 (false osman)* ''Schizopygopsis thermalis'' Herzenstein, 1891* ''Schizopygopsis younghusbandi'' Regan, 1905
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