Ptychobarbus conirostris

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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|image =Ptycobarbus conirostris Day 125.jpg

|status= LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rafique, M. |author2=Daniels, A. |name-list-style=& |author3=Johnson, J.A. |year=2021 |title=Ptychobarbus conirostris |page=e.T128724579A128724592 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T128724579A128724592.en |access-date=31 December 2024}}

|taxon = Ptychobarbus conirostris

|authority = Steindachner, 1866

| synonyms = * Ptychobarbus rattanis Malhotra & Jyoti, 1975

|synonyms_ref = {{FishBase|Ptychobarbus|conirostris|month=October|year=2024}}

}}

Ptychobarbus conirostris, the Indus snowtrout, is a species of freshawater ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae, the family which includes the carps, barbs, minnows and related fishes.{{Cof genus|genus=Ptychobarbus|access-date=31 December 2024}} The Indus snowtrout is found in the Himalayas of Pakistan, India, southwestern China an, maybe, Afghanistan. It is found in fast running cold water mountain streams and rivers with stony beds, in areas where temperatures seldom rise above {{cvt|15|°C}}, even in summer.

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