Cyprinion watsoni

Cyprinion watsoni, the Indus lotak, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Cyprinion. The original type specimen described as Cyprinion watsoni from the Indus and the populations elsewhere which are included by some authorities in C. watsoni are regarded by others as separate species Cypirion muscatensis from Oman and the United Arab Emirates and Cyprinion microphthalmum from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.^[1]

Cyprinion watsoni
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Cyprinion
Species:	C. watsoni
Binomial name
Cyprinion watsoni (F. Day, 1872)
Synonyms
Scaphiodon watsoni Day, 1872 Scaphiodon irregularis Day, 1872 Scaphiodon muscatensis Boulenger, 1888 Cirrhina afghana Günther, 1889 Barbus bampurensis Nikolskii, 1900 Cyprinion kirmanense Nikolskii, 1900 Scaphiodon macmahoni Regan, 1906 Scaphiodon baluchiorum Jenkins, 1910 Scaphiodon readingi Hora, 1923 Semiplotus dayi Fowler, 1958