Chirruh snowtrout
| Chirruh snowtrout | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Schizothorax |
| Species: | S. esocinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Schizothorax esocinus (Heckel, 1838) | |
The Chirruh snowtrout (Schizothorax esocinus) is a species of cyprinid fish found in Asia.
Biology
Found mostly in mountain streams, rivers and gravel-bottomed rivers. They feed on bottom detritus and spawn to incoming streams where breeding occurs in gravel and sandy beds.[1]
Footnotes
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Schizothorax esocinus" in FishBase. August 2011 version.
References
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