Chirruh snowtrout

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

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)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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

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


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