Biology:Chirruh snowtrout
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Schizothorax |
| Species: | S. esocinus
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| Schizothorax esocinus (Heckel, 1838)
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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
Wikidata ☰ Q1101413 entry
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