argentatus, Schizothorax Kessler [K. F.] 1874:55 [Izvestiia Imperatorskago Obschchestva Liubitelei Estestvozaniia, Antropologii i Etnografii v. 11; ref. 2596] Urdjar [Urdzhar] River, tributary to Lake Alakul, Turkestan. Syntypes: ZIN 2319 (2). •Valid as Racoma argentata (Kessler 1874) -- (Wu & Wu 1992:343 [ref. 21205]). •Valid as Schizothorax argentatus Kessler 1874, as a valid subspecies argentatus Kessler 1874 -- (Mitrofanov et al. 1988:66 [ref. 37734]). •Valid as Schizothorax argentatus Kessler 1874 -- (Berg 1949:720 [ref. 20661], Tsao 1964:156 [ref. 13501], Zhu 1995:89 [ref. 25213], Chen & Cao et al. in Yue 2000:307 [ref. 25272], Zhang et al. 2016:121 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Schizothorax argentatus Kessler 1874. Cyprinidae: Schizothoracinae. Distribution: Central Asia, East Asia: Lake Balkhash and its catchment, Kazakhstan and Turkestan, Ili River drainage (northwestern China). IUCN (2020): Vulnerable. Habitat: freshwater.