Cyprinidae

Schizothorax davidi

Schizothorax davidi

Thirty Nine Point Five Centimeters Carp from Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Schizothorax davidi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schizothorax that is endemic to the upper Yangtze River drainage in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, and Gansu. It is an economically important cold-water fish endemic to the Tibetan Plateau region.