Biology:Chirruh snowtrout

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Chirruh snowtrout
Scientific classification edit
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. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T128725538A128725635.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/128725538/128725635. Retrieved 4 January 2025. 
  2. ↑ "Synonyms of Schizothorax esocinus Heckel, 1838". Fishbase. http://www.fishbase.se/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=24430&SynCode=55410&GenusName=Schizothorax&SpeciesName=esocinus. 
  3. ↑ "Schizothorax esocinus summary page". http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?ID=24430&AT=Chirruh+Snowtrout. 

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