Schizopygopsis potanini

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| status = VU

| status_system =IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Zhang, E. |name-list-style=& |author2=Zhao, Y. |year=2023 |title=Schizopygopsis potanini |page=e.T181091A1697439 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T181091A1697439.en |access-date=1 January 2025}}

| taxon = Schizopygopsis potanini

| display_parents = 3

| authority = (Herzenstein, 1891){{Cof genus|genus=Schizopygopsis|access-date=1 January 2025}}

| synonyms = * Gymnocypris potanini Herzenstein, 1891

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Schizopygopsis potanini 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 is restricted to Sichuan in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, a tributary of the Changjiang where it inhabits cool, montaine rivers.

Named in honor of Grigory Nikolayaevich Potanin (1835-1920), Russian explorer of Inner Asia.{{cite web | url = https://etyfish.org/schizopygopsinae/ | title = Family CYPRINIDAE: Subfamily SCHIZOPYGOPSINAE Mirza 1991 (Mountain Barbels) | access-date = 1 January 2025 | author = Christopher Scharpf |work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf | date = 24 June 2024}}