''Schizothorax zarudnyi'' is a species of

cyprinid Cyprinidae is a family of freshwater fish commonly called the carp or minnow family. It includes the carps, the true minnows, and relatives like the barbs and barbels. Cyprinidae is the largest and most diverse fish family and the largest verte ...

freshwater fish from Iran and Afghanistan, where restricted to lakes in the

Sistan Basin The Sistan Basin is an inland endorheic basin encompassing large parts of southwestern Afghanistan and minor parts of southeastern Iran, one of the driest regions in the world and an area subjected to prolonged droughts. Its watershed is a syst ...

.Coad, B.; and J. Hales (2008)
Helmand - Sistan.
Freshwater Ecoregions of the World. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of

Nikolai Zarudny Nikolai Alekseyvich Zarudny (russian: Николай Алексеевич Зарудный; rus, Николай Алексеевич Зарудный, r=Nikolay Alekseevich Zarudny. His name has been transliterated a number of other ways; especial ...

(1859-1919), a Ukrainian-Russian explorer and ornithologist, who collected the holotype specimens.

References

Schizothorax Fish described in 1897 Taxa named by Alexander Nikolsky {{Schizothorax-stub