Chirruh snowtrout

Chirruh snowtrout
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Genus:	Schizothorax
Species:	S. esocinus
Binomial name
	Schizothorax esocinus; (Heckel, 1838)
Synonyms
	Racoma esocina (Heckel, 1838); Schizopyge esocinus (Heckel, 1838); Schizothoraichthys esocinus (Heckel, 1838); Schizothorax barbatus McClelland & Griffith, 1842; Racoma nobilis McClelland, 1842; Schizothorax nobilis (McClelland, 1842); Schizothorax punctatus Day, 1877; Schizothorax montanus Zugmayer, 1909;

The Chirruh snowtrout (Schizothorax esocinus) is a species of cyprinid fish found in the Himalyays in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Nepal and China.

Biology

Found mostly in mountain streams, rivers and gravel-bottomed rivers. They feed on bottom detritus and they migrate to spawn in tributary streams where breeding occurs in gravel and sandy beds.^[2]

References

^ "Synonyms of Schizothorax esocinus Heckel, 1838". Fishbase. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=24430&AT=Chirruh+Snowtrout

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[FBS-1] "Synonyms of Schizothorax esocinus Heckel, 1838". Fishbase. Retrieved 16 September 2017.

[2] ttp://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=24430&AT=Chirruh+Snowtrout

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