Chirruh snowtrout

Chirruh snowtrout
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Schizothorax
Species:
S. esocinus
Binomial name
Schizothorax esocinus
(Heckel, 1838)
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Rafique, M.; Daniels, A. & Johnson, J.A. (2022). "Schizothorax esocinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T128725538A128725635. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T128725538A128725635.en. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Synonyms of Schizothorax esocinus Heckel, 1838". Fishbase. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Schizothorax esocinus summary page".


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